A traditional, yeasted, Polish Easter Babka cake – Babka Wielkanocna Jump straight to the recipe I have always found Easter to be full of mystery, tradition and ritual. In some ways, the signs and symbols all around us at this time of year are simple and universal; eggs, representing new life, buds bringing with them…
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Recipe: Creme Egg Cupcakes
How is your Easter going? I hope it’s been a fun filled weekend full of good food, family time and Chocolate! I’m sure you are all quite sick of creme eggs, but in case you aren’t, or perhaps you have some visitors coming over, I’m sharing my Creme Egg Cupcakes, which I hope may inspire…
Recipe: Chocolate Chunk Hot Cross Buns with a Maple Glaze
Hot Cross Buns, traditionally eaten on Good Friday are an Easter staple. They are fairly straight-forward to make and are well worth having a go at as they’ll be much tastier than a supermarket version. These have the added bonus of another Easter staple – chocolate! I have also topped my buns with a delicious…
Recipe: Easter Chocolate Cake
There’s no other time of year when you can indulge in quite as much chocolate as Easter! If you’ve managed to give it up for lent, well done, you’ve got a great deal more will power than me. This is an Easter Chocolate Cake that I love making for my family and it makes the…
How to be a #GoodEgg this Easter with Waitrose
This post is in support of the Waitrose #GoodEgg campaign Click here for my Easter Chocolate Cake recipe Did I mention how much I love Easter? It definitely has something to do with all the chocolate around. However, I also love that it’s spring and that it’s generally brighter and that the Easter bunny hops…
Easy Easter Recipes – Good Food Channel
Just before I sign out for Easter and wish you all a very happy weekend, I have a few additional easy Easter recipes to share that I was invited to create for the Good Food Channel. I hope they inspire you to have a go at making or baking something yourself at home. Yes, the shops…
Review: Hotel Chocolat Easter 2014 Range
Every year, I look forward to receiving at least a little bit of the Hotel Chocolat range for Easter and there’s always so much to look forward to. I also try to pop into one of their high street shops just after the holidays, too, to scoop up some special offers, since, you know, all…
Recipe: Creme Egg Cheesecake
Easter is a great opportunity for spending time with family and that shouldn’t include you spending hours in front of the stove, slaving away. I always find it a much more relaxing occasion than Christmas and the food should also reflect that. This simple, no-bake Cheesecake can be made ahead of time and makes a…
Giveaway: Hotel Chocolat Extra Thick Easter Egg
It’s chocolate time! I’m looking forward to reviewing some of this year’s Easter range by Hotel Chocolat. It’s a very good job I didn’t give up chocolate for lent as I’ve already demolished one of their Caramel Chocolate Easter Eggs! In the meantime, I have a Rocky Road to Caramel Extra Thick Easter Egg (RRP £28)…
Chocolate Orange Easter Tiramisu Party
Chocolate Orange Easter Tiramisu (Desserts | Italian): A ‘chocolate orange cake’ Tiramisu – traditionally made with Savoiardi biscuits. Dusted with cocoa, this make a lovely Italian-inspired Easter treat.
Alternative Easter Lunch: Pollo al Limone from ‘The Amalfi Coast’
Easter is usually all about roast lamb, but in case you are looking for an alternative – or you have an extra large crowd to feed – you might have time to try this recipe for Pollo al Limone – or Lemon Chicken Thighs. It is one of my favourite recipes from a book I received recently called The…
Easter News, a Refresh and a Cake Creation!
Easter weekend is almost here, which means it’s time to start thinking about feeding, baking, decorating eggs, making Easter baskets and hopefully, to finally welcoming some Spring sunshine! Easter can be a very special time, rich in symbolism; new life, re-birth, new activity, perhaps taking a break, a step back to breathe, taking the opportunity to spring clean, to…
Nigella’s Everyday Brownies (With Leftover Mini Eggs)
I’m re-visiting this post from last Easter. It’s time to get baking again! Not that there really are ever any ‘leftover’ mini eggs…but just in case you have a bag or two around this Easter, I hope you find time to make these.
Happy Easter from Fabulicious Food!
I just wanted to wish you all a very Happy Easter. We are having a quiet family Easter, involving Easter baking, egg hunts around the garden and gathering together to celebrate. Easter and spring also introduce some of my very favourite ingredients, and of course, tons of left over chocolate. I’ve already made my first mistake…
Easter Giveaway: Hotel Chocolat Your Eggscellency (TM) Extra Thick Easter Egg
It’s almost the Easter holidays, the weather is glorious and I have been sampling Hotel Chocolat products in the form of fine cream truffles and a whopping Extra Thick Chocolate Easter Egg – so all is good! In case you are beginning to think about what wonderful delights are out there this Easter, I have started some of…
Pull Apart Spring Shoulder of Lamb
There’s something about weekend cooking that normally means the pace is a lot slower and you may have a little bit more time to spare to cook a family meal or even a Sunday roast – though having more time doesn’t mean it needs to be hard. This week I came across a lovely shoulder of lamb at my local…
Raspberry and White Chocolate Cupcakes
Easter is such a lovely time of year and it is made even better by this glorious weather. Not that you really want to be stuck in your kitchen, but if the urge takes you, here are some easy ideas for decorating Easter cupcakes. These are white chocolate chip cupcakes filled with seedless raspberry jam,…
Easter Egg Colouring and Decorating Fun!
Growing up, Easter was always a time filled with traditional and cultural symbolism. Each year, we would colour and decorate eggs, in Polish called ‘pisanki,’ and make an Easter basket to be shared for breakfast on Easter Sunday. I look back on my childhood and remember it as a happy time, marking occasions, remembering our Polish heritage and celebrating feasts. We did…
Alternative Easter Lunch: Roasted Poussins
These little chickens are really easy to prepare and make ahead if you are cooking for a crowd and would make a lovely alternative to roast lamb on Easter Sunday, especially if you don’t like lamb! I have been making this recipe for a number of years now, the original came from an American cookbook…
Easter Menu Planning – Sharing the ‘Foodily’ love!
I’m stealing a few moments to myself, while my little one is sleeping, to tell you about a handy little website I came across this week which you may find useful to help you with menu planning, particularly as it’s coming up to Easter. The website is called Foodily.com (Food I Love You) and it is…
Hotel Chocolat Dark Chocolate Ostrich Egg (Giveaway Closed)
I’ve been a fan of Hotel Chocolat since around 2005, when I first discovered them online following a friend’s recommendation. Their approach to chocolate was completely different and a welcome change. Importantly to me, Hotel Chocolat have long flown the flag of commitment towards ethical trading. I was very pleased when one of their boutique-style shops appeared on my…