Bread and Butter Pudding

Ingredients

• 75 g butter (at room temperature)
• 12 slices sliced white bread
• 50 g sultanas
• 450 ml milk
• 150 ml pouring cream
• 4 eggs
• 75 g caster sugar

Easter Cake

Ingredients

Fruit cake:

• 175 g brown sugar
• 175 g softened butter
• 175 g self raising flour
• 50 g ground almonds
• 1.50 tsp mixed spice
• 0.25 tsp ground nutmeg
• 350 g mixed fruit (sultanas, currants, mixed peel, cherries)
• 3 large eggs
• almond paste:
• 225 g ground almonds
• 110 g caster sugar
• 110 g icing sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 0.50 tsp almond essence
• juice of ½ lemon

Easter Lemon Tart with Raspberry Sorbet

Ingredients

• sweet shortcrust pastry
• 300 g plain flour (sifted)
• 150 g unsalted butter (softened)
• 80 g icing sugar
• pinch of salt
• 1 beaten egg
• lemon filling
• 750 ml whipping cream
• 2 unwaxed lemons (zest and juice )
• 1 vanilla pod
• 9 egg yolks
• 125 g caster sugar
• raspberry sorbet
• 750 g raspberries (washed and hulled)
• 175 ml water
• 175 g sugar
• 60 ml fresh lemon juice

Easter Cake

Ingredients

• 175 g brown sugar
• 175 g softened butter
• 175 g self raising flour
• 50 g ground almonds
• 1.50 tsp mixed spice
• 0.25 tsp ground nutmeg
• 350 g mixed fruit (sultanas, currants, mixed peel, cherries)
• 3 large eggs

Easter White Chocolate

Ingredients

• 200 ml double cream
• 200 g grated white chocolate
• 150g extra grated white chocolate for ganache
• 1 punnet raspberries

Easter Carrot Cake

Ingredients

• 200 g soft brown sugar
• 140 ml vegetable oil
• 300 g grated carrot
• 2 eggs
• 80 g chopped walnuts
• 180 g self-raising flour
• pinch of salt
• 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 1/2 tsp mixed spice
• 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• for the lemon icing:
• 250 g cream cheese
• 50 g softened butter
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 200 g icing sugar
• finely grated zest of 1 lemon
• 1 tblsp lemon juice

Easter Pumpkin Ice Cream

Ingredients

• 1 pumpkin (about 2kg, cut into thin wedges of 5cm width, then de-seeded and peeled)
• 110 g runny honey
• 55 g light muscavado sugar
• 3 g mixed spice
• 1 tin, 400g condensed milk
• 250 g whipping cream
• 1 egg (large, white only)
• 300 g autumn berries (blackberries, blueberries very lightly crushed)
• 50 ml crème de cassis
• a good handful of fresh mint leaves (roughly chopped)
• some chocolate sauce
• a good handful of toasted flaked almonds
• 6 chocolate flakes
• 6 ice-cream wafers
• 6 sprigs of mint

Easter Lemon Tartlet

Ingredients

• 150 g raspberries
• 50 g sugar
• 20 ml water
• 1 small vanilla pod or 2 drops vanilla extract

For the lemon curd:

• 4 large free-range egg yolks (beaten)
• 350 g caster sugar
• 110 g unsalted butter
• 4 lemons (juice and zest)

Easter Amaretto and Almond Cake

Ingredients

• 6 large eggs, at room temperature
• 6 tblsp caster sugar
• 150 g butter
• 2 tblsp amaretto
• 350 g bittersweet chocolate (chopped)
• 60 g ground almonds (lightly toasted)
• 1 tblsp ground almonds for dusting
• icing sugar, to decorate
• mascarpone or whipped cream, to serve

Meringues

Ingredients

• 6 egg whites
• 340 g caster sugar
• 0.50 tsp salt
• 1 tsp vinegar
• 1 tsp cornflour
• 120 g ricotta
• 100 ml double cream
• 20 g icing sugar
• zest of 1 lemon
• 200 g strawberries (hulled)
• 50 g light brown sugar
• 0.50 tsp salt
• 1.50 tblsp balsamic vinegar
• mint leaves for decorating
• icing sugar

Easter Pear Tart

Ingredients

Sweet pastry:

• 300 g plain flour
• 110 g caster sugar
• 150 g butter
• 1 egg

Filling and topping:

• 6 pears
• preheat the oven to 180°c (350°f/gas 4)
• 175 g butter
• 175 g caster sugar
• 150 g ground almonds
• 50 g plain flour
• 3 large eggs

White Chocolate Easter Cake

Ingredients

• 250g butter , plus a little extra for greasing
• 140g white chocolate , broken into pieces
• 250ml milk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 250g self-raising flour
• ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 300g caster sugar
• 2 large eggs , lightly beaten

Easter Bakewell Cake

Ingredients

FOR THE ALMOND CAKE LAYERS

• 325 g plain flour
• 25 g cornflour
• 4½ tsp baking powder
• 225 g butter , at room temperature
• 400 g golden caster sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 tsp almond extract
• 5 medium egg whites , lightly beaten
• 300ml whole milk

Chocolate Coconut Pie

INGREDIENTS:

• 397g can caramel
• 100g dark chocolate
• 4 bananas
• a little cocoa powder , for dusting

FOR THE COCONUT CREAM

• 400ml can coconut milk
• 4 large egg yolks
• 4 tbsp caster sugar
• 2 tbsp plain flour
• 1 tbsp cornflour
• 2 tbsp Malibu
• 300ml pot double cream

FOR THE BASE

• 200g pack creamed coconut , roughly chopped
• 400g bourbon biscuits

Easter Chocolate Eggs

Ingredients

• 300g milk chocolate, chopped
• 2 Cherry Ripe bars, chopped

Easter Chocolate Pots

Ingredients

• 65 g butter
• zest of 1/4 orange
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 100 g dark chocolate
• 2 eggs
• 1 eggs yolk
• 2 egg whites
• 20 caster sugar
• honey comb
• 180g caster sugar
• 60 g liquid glucose
• 30 ml water
• 8 g bicarb soda

Mint Julep Recipe

Ingredients: 1 1/2 Oz. Bourbon Whisky, Several Mint Leaves, 1 Tsp. Powdered Sugar, 1 Tsp. Water, crushed ice.

Mixing instructions: Muddle mint leaves, powdered sugar and water in an Old-Fashioned Glass until sugar is dissolved. Fill the glass with crushed ice and add Bourbon. Garnish with a mint sprig.

Serving Glass: Old-Fashioned Glass

Bloody Mary Recipe

Ingredients: 1 1/2 Oz. Vodka, 4 Oz. Tomato Juice, 1/2 Oz. Lemon Juice, 1 Dash Tabasco®, 1 stalk Celery and Celery Salt.

Mixing instructions: Rub rim of a chilled Hurricane Glass with lemon wedge and dip into celery salt. Mix all ingredients and pour into ice-filled Hurricane Glass. Garnish with celery stalk and lemon wedge.

Serving Glass: Hurricane Glass

Apple Martini Recipe

Ingredients: 1 Part Vodka, 1 Part Apple Schnapps, 1 Part Apple Juice, 1 Apple Slice.

Mixing instructions: Poor all ingredients into a shaker, shake well and strain into a chilled Cocktail Glass. Garnish with an apple slice.

Serving Glass: Cocktail Glass

Cosmopolitan Martini

Ingredients: 1 1/2 Oz. Vodka, 1/2 Oz. Triple Sec, 1 1/2 Oz. Cranberry Juice, 1/2 Oz. Lime Juice, 1 Slice of Lime.

Mixing instructions: Mix all ingredients into a shaker with ice. Shake, and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a lime slice.

Serving Glass: Cocktail Glass