I like chocolate lots so I always enjoy making chocolate nest cakes at Easter time. Ingredients required are: Big bar of chocolate (plain or milk) Mini eggs, and somekind of cereal. We used bran flakes as that is what we had in the cupboard! Also some cake cases and if you have any around, some fluffy chicks to decorate. This box of chicks comes out every year from the cake decoration tin.

First break up all the chocolate into a microwavable bowl.

Pop it into the microwave on a low heat setting and keep checking it and stirring it frequently until it is nearly all melted. If you don’t have a microwave oven you can do this by putting the bowl into a saucepan of water on the hob.

Once nearly melted a good stir will melt the remaining lumps of chocolate.

Add some cereal and stir it all in. It is a matter of choice how much cereal you add, though it does all need to be coated in chocolate.

Put cake cases into a bun tin.

Spoon the chocolate covered cereal into each one and try and make them nest shaped.

Try not to eat the mini eggs, perhaps just have one while putting 3 in each nest, then eat the ones that are left over!

I had quite a few mini eggs left over that quickly found their way into my tummy.

Once the nests are made pop them in the fridge to set the chocolate. If your fridge is full up they will set out of the fridge but it will take longer!

Then arrange the chicks on the nests and put them all on a pretty plate. This plate is special, it is a Clarice Cliff plate that used to belong to my late grand human.

Admire the chocolate nests and try not to eat them all.

Gather up some friends and share out the nests.

Yum yum yum….

You may get extra guests appearing when the see the chocolate nest cakes. In this case Oliver the owl, who lives in the corner underneath the lampshade, suddenly appeared. We managed to find him a cake.

These seasonal treats are easy to produce and would be good to make with human children, but it might be difficult stopping them eating the mini eggs!

Horace the Alresford Bear 20/4/2025