What are you making and baking for Easter??

gunsandbanjos

Will be making a chocolate cake topped with mini eggs - not very exciting but i saw the recipe in my Tesco mag and my daughter asked if i would make it.

Olliebeak

Jammygal wrote: »

Wow you are all so fab with the huge amount of things you make.......the lemon cakes sound delicious Ollie and what are melting moments????

Lemon Drizzle Cake recipe is: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=5991605&postcount=6

The fairy cakes are bog-standard fairy cakes with icing made with lemon juice instead of water and a couple of those jelly orange and lemon slices placed on the top .

Melting Moments recipe on this site:

http://www.be-ro.com/f_insp.htm

Click on the link, then click on 'List of All Recipes' on the right had side of the screen.

That gives you an alphabetical list of all the recipes they have on there. Melting Moments are 11th down on the right hand side of the list.

I have also used crushed cornflakes to roll them in before baking.

Hope you enjoy them .

Many thanks for the ideas for pasta salads :T - getting ready to put a pan of pasta on now .

JonTurner

I'm making up lots of jars of rhubarb jam to give to people- I know it's not strictly Easter-y, but the rhubarb looks great at the moment, and I don't want to wait til Autumn to get the preserving pan out again!

thriftlady_2

JonTurner wrote: »

I'm making up lots of jars of rhubarb jam to give to people- I know it's not strictly Easter-y, but the rhubarb looks great at the moment, and I don't want to wait til Autumn to get the preserving pan out again!

Welcome to the OS board Jon. I see you are just down the road from me;) If you're into preserving this thread might be of use.

sunflower76

Not particuarly for Easter but this weekend I'm making lemon drizzle 'brownies', banana and chocolate loaf and an apple crumble. Yum. YEsterday I made some rude gingerbread people :cool: regular gingerbread people but with, erm, interesting icing.

thriftlady_2

sunflower76 wrote: »

YEsterday I made some rude gingerbread people :cool: regular gingerbread people but with, erm, interesting icing.

OK, why did you make rude gingerbread people and do you have a pic?:D

Toonie

I'm making some banana teabread (from the Be-Ro book) and some Spice buns (from a very old Be-Ro book). I'd be baking more, but still limited to what I can eat after having wisdom teeth out.

Penelope_Penguin

thriftlady wrote: »

I've made a simnel cake for the first time this year. I used the recipe in Mary Berry's Ultimate Cake Book.

Me too - first time, and using Mary Berry recipe Following this afternoon's tasting, I am a Simnel Cake addict. Did I mention that I marzipan

Penny. x

thriftlady_2

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

Me too - first time, and using Mary Berry recipe Following this afternoon's tasting, I am a Simnel Cake addict. Did I mention that I marzipan

Penny. x

I'm not that keen on it tbh but I like it in cakes rather than on them so I think I'll enjoy the simnel cake.

I found little chunks of it added to my mince pies at Christmas delicious.

Do you make your own marzipan Penny?

Penelope_Penguin

thriftlady wrote: »

Do you make your own marzipan Penny?

I do at Christmas,for 2 reasons:

• my hens' eggs give a deep yellow colour which I find pleasing
• I like a more pronounced almond flavour than in bought marzipan

Must admit, this cake was made due to my finding a packet of bought marzipan in the pantry - no idea why I bought it

I use Delia's recipe for marzipan, and like it. It has egg yolks, and the whites go into the Christmas cake icing

Penny. x