5 Easter Recipes You Will Love To Try This Weekend. Hello friends. Happy Saturday. So how are you today?
I’m up early because it is my Sons birthday.
Discover delectable Easter recipes for a delightful weekend feast.
From Salted Caramel And Chocolate Hot Cross Bun Trifle, Rocky Road Chocolate Tray Bake to a Show-Stopper Easter Chocolate Cake. These dishes will satisfy your Easter cravings. Try them now!
5 Easter Recipes You Will Love To Try This Weekend:
So Here Are ‘5 Easter Recipes You Will Love To Try This Weekend’. It is probably my favourite thing about birthdays, yummy food because I love cakes!
So today I’m sharing some yummy recipes with you from Aldi because tomorrow is Easter Sunday. Easter Recipes You Will Love To Try This Weekend.
5 Easter Recipes You Will Love To Try This Weekend.
Table Of Contents:
- Firstly, Salted Caramel And Chocolate Hot Cross Bun Trifle Recipe.
- Secondly, Rocky Road Chocolate Tray Bake.
- Thirdly, Bunny Bread Rolls Recipe.
- Fourthly, Easter Chick Cupcakes.
- Fifthly, Show-Stopper Easter Chocolate Cake.
5 Easter Recipes You Will Love To Try This Weekend.
Aldi’s Salted Caramel And Chocolate Hot Cross Bun Trifle Recipe.
Firstly, trifle anyone? So do you love making trifles at Easter And Christmas? We do, indeed!
Aldi has come up with this Salted Caramel and Chocolate Hot Cross Bun Trifle Recipe. I also bet this tastes amazing. At the same time as looking great too.
I actually got hold of some of there salted caramel hot crossed buns last night and just had one for breakfast. They along are so good!!
Ingredients:
- 150g Caster Sugar
- 60ml Water
- 90g Double Cream
- 30g Unsalted Butter
- ¼ tsp. Salt
- 1kg Ready to serve Custard
- 200g Dark Chocolate
- 2 packs of Salted Caramel & Chocolate Hot Cross Buns
- 75ml Amaretto (optional)
- 750ml Double Cream
Method:
How To Make:
- Firstly, begin by making the caramel sauce, to do this place the sugar along with the water into a saucepan and heat on medium heat until the sugar has dissolved.
- Then increase the temperature and cook bubbling for 5 minutes until the mixture has turned to a rich caramel colour.
- Remove from the heat and then stir in the cream, butter and salt, when fully incorporated leave to cool.
Making The Custard:
- Next, make the chocolate custard. First, chop the chocolate into chunks and place into a heatproof bowl.
- Bring about an inch of water to a simmer in a saucepan. Place the heatproof bowl in the mouth of the pot, making sure the water doesn’t touch the bottom of the bowl. Stir occasionally until melted thoroughly.
- 6Heat the custard in a pan and stir the melted chocolate through the custard until combined and leave in the fridge to cool.
- Finally, whip the cream to soft peaks and keep in the fridge until needed.
To Make The Trifle:
- To build the trifle slice the hot cross buns in half and lightly grill them.
- Keep the top halves with the crosses to one side then cut the 6 bases into quarters and fill the base of the trifle dish with them.
- Pour over half of the amaretto (optional), and then drizzle half of the caramel sauce on top of the hot cross buns.
- Next, add half of the chocolate custard on top followed by half of the whipped cream.
- Then arrange the 6 remaining halves of hot cross buns against the edges of the trifle dish making sure that the cross side is visible.
- Drizzle the remaining amaretto over the buns (optional) and then drizzle most of the caramel sauce over the hot cross buns, hold back a couple of tablespoons of sauce for the topping.
- Pour the rest of chocolate custard into the centre of the buns and then top with the remaining cream.
To Decorate:
Decorate the trifle with grated chocolate and drizzle over the caramel sauce. Last but not least, cut 1 hot cross bun into 3 small square pieces and add to the centre of the cream. So yummy.
5 Easter Recipes You Will Love To Try This Weekend:
Aldi’s Rocky Road Chocolate Tray Bake.
Secondly, Rocky Roads!! So who does not love Rocky Roads? Especially great for afternoon tea. These ones are full of yummy ingredients too.
‘5 Easter Recipes You Will Love To Try This Weekend’.
Ingredients:
- 1 x 200g pack Bourbon Cream Biscuits
- 500g Leftover Easter Eggs
- 1 x 154g pack Cookies n Cream Biscuits
- One x 200g bag Large Marshmallows
- 1 x 75g bag Dominion Dolly Mixture
- 100ml Maple Syrup
- 1 x 80g bag Mini Chocolate Eggs
- 1 x 25 x 20x 3cm Tin – lined with non-stick baking parchment
Method:
- Firstly, break up the chocolate eggs and chop up half the marshmallows.
- Put the broken-up chocolate, chopped marshmallows and the maple syrup in an ovenproof bowl.
- Put the bowl over a pan of boiling water – make sure the bottom of the bowl doesn’t touch the water and melt the chocolate and marshmallow mix.
- Put all the bourbon biscuits and half the cookies in a food processor and blitz to crumbs. Add the biscuit crumbs to the melted chocolate mixture and mix well.
- Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin.
- Cut the remaining cookies and marshmallows in half. Whist still warm – decorate the traybake with the biscuits, marshmallows, dolly mixtures and chocolate eggs.
- Last but not least, allow to cool and serve. So tasty.
Aldi’s Bunny Bread Rolls Recipe:
5 Easter Recipes You Will Love To Try This Weekend.
Thirdly, Bunny Bread Rolls.
So how adorable are these bread rolls? Too cute to eat? Because they look it.
Makes 6
Prep Time 20 minutes + rising time
Cook Time 20
Dietary Options:
- Gluten-Free: No
- Dairy-Free: No
- Vegetarian: Yes
- Vegan: No
- Organic: No
- Cuisine: British
- Meal: Dessert/Bakery
Ingredients:
- 120ml Double Cream
- 130ml Whole Milk
- 60g Caster Sugar
- 7g Yeast
- 320g Plain Flour
- ½ tsp Salt
Extras:
- 1 x beaten egg for egg wash
- Extra flour for rolling
- 30g Dark Chocolate (melted)
- Piping Bag
Bread Rolls:
Method:
- Firstly, add the cream, milk and sugar into a small saucepan and simmer until the sugar has melted.
- Remove the pan from the heat and ensure that the milk is warm and not hot then add in the yeast.
- Leave for a couple of minutes until the liquid has bubbled slightly (this shows the yeast is alive).
- Place the flour and salt in a large bowl and then add in the milk mixture and knead for 5-10 minutes until a ball has formed.
- Leave in a bowl for 1-2 hours for the dough to doubled in size.
- Knock the air out of the dough and knead for a couple of minutes until the dough is smooth.
- Cut into 8 pieces and roll 6 of them into balls and place on a greaseproof paper-lined baking tray.
- Cut the 2 remaining pieces into 6 (12 total) and then shape them into bunny ears and add to the dough balls.
- Leave to rise, covered with greased cling film, for another half an hour until double in size.
- Pre-heat oven to 190C/170Fan/GM 5.
- Brush with the beaten egg and then bake for about 20 minutes until golden and hollow-sounding when tapped on the base.
- Leave to cool and then pipe eyes and whiskers with the melted dark chocolate. So sweet.
5 Easter Recipes You Will Love To Try This Weekend.
5 Easter Recipes You Will Love To Try This Weekend:
So 5 Easter Recipes You Will Love To Try This Weekend.
Aldi’s Easter Chick Cupcakes.
Fourthly, adorable cupcakes. These are so sweet. I can see these on my dinner table now!! Of course, hard to only eat one I bet!!
Ingredients:
- 250g The Pantry Madeira Cake Mix
- 30ml Vegetable Oil
- 500g Unsalted Butter
- 300g Icing Sugar (plus extra for dusting)
- 50g Ready to Roll Icing
- 1 Lemon
- Red Food Colouring
- Yellow Food Colouring
- Green Food Colouring
- 1 tbsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 packet of Dairyfine
- Mini Chocolate Eggs
Aldi’s Easter Chick Cupcakes.
Method:
- Firstly, pre-heat the oven to 180°C. Line a cupcake tin with the paper cases.
- Make half of the Madeira cake mix according to instructions on the pack (or double up the recipe, using the full 500g mix for more cupcakes). Add the zest of half the lemon and vanilla extract, then give the batter a final mix.
- Add 1 heaped tbsp of batter to each cupcake case (filling roughly one-third of the case) and bake for 15 minutes. Allow to cool.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream the softened butter using an electric whisk to make the buttercream. Gradually add the icing sugar and keep mixing. Finish with the juice of half the lemon. Remove half the buttercream into another bowl. Gradually add green food colouring to one bowl and yellow to the other (one drop at a time) and mix until pastel shades are achieved. Add to piping bags with round nozzles, using small for the green and large for the yellow.
- Pipe the green loosely and freely around the edge of the cupcake to resemble grass. Pipe the yellow in 2 stages to make the chick. First, make a large round base, then add a smaller round head. Set aside for 5-10 minutes to allow to dry a little. Place the ready to roll icing in a mixing bowl and knead together with a little yellow and red food colouring, mix until a pastel orange is achieved. Add more icing sugar if the mix is too wet.
- Shape small pieces of the orange icing to form a beak and feet and add to each chick, then decorate with one or two mini chocolate eggs. So adorable.
Aldi’s Show-Stopper Easter Chocolate Cake Recipe:
‘5 Easter Recipes You Will Love To Try This Weekend’.
Last But Not Least, An Amazing Easter Cake.
This cake is so beautiful. I would love to cut into this cake right now. Indeed, I would love to share it with my family.
Ingredients:
Cake:
- 225g Dark Chocolate
- 300g Unsalted Butter
- 90ml Milk
- 325g Caster Sugar
- 175g Self-raising Flour
- 2 tsp Vanilla Essence
- 128g Soured Cream
- 5 x Medium Eggs
- 45g Cocoa Powder
White Cream Cheese Frosting:
- 200g White Chocolate
- 100g Unsalted Butter
- 200g Soft Cheese
- 200g Icing Sugar
Icing:
- 150g Milk Chocolate
- 300g Unsalted Butter – at room temperature
- 400g Icing Sugar
- 30g Cocoa Powder
- 45ml Milk
Drip:
- 125g Dark Chocolate
To Top:
- Easter Eggs
- Mini Candy Eggs
- Chocolate Bunnies
- 3 x 22cm round shallow cake tins
Method:
Firstly, pre-heat the oven to 180°C/Gas Mark 4.
Making The Cakes:
- Firstly, line the bottoms of the cake tins with non-stick baking parchment.
- Break up the chocolate and chop the butter into small chunks. Put into a heatproof bowl along with the milk. Melt the mix over a pan of simmering water, making sure the bottom of the bowl does not touch the water. Once melted, remove from the pan, then whisk in the soured cream, sugar and the vanilla essence.
- Lightly whisk the eggs and stir into the mix. Sieve the flour and cocoa powder and beat into the mixture. Divide the mixture between the 3 tins and bake in the oven for 30 minutes until slightly risen and firm to the touch. Allow the cakes to cool in the tins.
Make The White Cream Cheese Frosting:
- Break up the white chocolate and chop the butter into small cubes. Put into a heatproof bowl and melt over a pan of simmering water – make sure the bottom of the bowl does not touch the water. Once melted, remove the bowl.
- Sieve the icing sugar and beat into the mix, along with the soft cheese. Allow to cool and thicken. Sandwich the 3 cakes together with the frosting.
To Make The Icing:
- Break up the milk chocolate and melt in a heatproof dish over a pan of simmering water, making sure the bottom of the bowl does not touch the water.
- Sieve the icing sugar and cocoa powder together in a bowl and beat in the butter. Add the melted chocolate and the milk and beat well. Use this to ice the side and top of the cake. Put back in the fridge to set.
Drip:
- Break up the dark chocolate and melt as before over a bowl of simmering water. Pour some over the top of the cake and allow some to drip down the sides, then leave to cool. Decorate with your favourite Easter eggs and chocolate bunnies. So beautiful.
So Here Are 5 Easter Recipes You Will Love To Try This Weekend. So what do you think of about the above recipes? Do you fancy making anything? Because I am spoilt for choice on which to try first.
So what do you think about these recipes? All recipes and images courtesy of Aldi. So if you are looking for any more Easter ideas, check out these on my Pinterest boards: Easter Recipes.
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The bunny bread! So cute!
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Thanks for stopping by Michele.
That’s funny! My favorite is also the bunny rolls.
Thanks for sharing last week at the Homestead Blog Hop! Glad we could feature your post!
Laurie
Ridge Haven Homestead
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I really LOVE these bunny rolls! They are adorable! Pinned!
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Tee @ Teediddlydee
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Thanks so much for the pin.
A fantastic collection of Easter recipes that we will love! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday,526. Have a great week and come back soon!
Miz Helen
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Thanks, Miz Helen.
Wow!! This is the most yummilicious post I have come across.
I absolutely loved all these recipes and the bunny buns and the cupcake chicks are just too cute!
Thanks for sharing these at our #HomaMattersParty
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Thanks for stopping by, Kimberly.
You make the most beautiful food! Thanks for sharing at the What’s for Dinner party. Enjoy the rest of your week.
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Thanks for hosting and stopping by Helen.
These recipes not only look yummy, they are simply adorable. Almost too adorable to eat. Thank you for sharing with #omhgww and be well.
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I love the bunny bread rolls, they look really cute :o) I wouldn’t trust myself making a cake that looks that professional though!
#MMBC
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I love the bunny rolls!! Thanks for sharing at the What’s for Dinner party – have a fabulous and safe week.
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The bunny bread rolls are the cutest!
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Thanks for the comment Heather.
Oh my goodness, that Hot Cross Bun Trifle looks amazing – if a little filling!!! The bunny bread rolls are too cute! #MMBC
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Thanks for stopping by Lisa.
So many yummy looking options! That bunny bread is so cute and that chocolate cake looks amazing.
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all of these recipes look perfect for the holiday and after as well. Oh so yummy we will have fun trying them all
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I love all of these recipe ideas! The bunny bread is adorable and those cupcakes almost look too good to eat! Happy Easter!
Jill
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Thanks for stopping by Jill. Hope you had a lovely Easter.