Introduction: TRIPLE CHOCOLATE COOKIE EASTER CREAM TART WITH CADBURY EASTER EGGS

Step 1: COOKIE SHELL

225g Margarine

110g Caster Sugar

110g Light Brown Sugar

1 Egg

2tsp Vanilla Extract

340g Plain Flour

60g Cocoa Powder

3tsp Baking Powder

1/2tsp Salt

100g Milk Chocolate Chunks

100g White Chocolate Chunks

Begin by beating the margarine and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla and beat again. Sieve in the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt and fold into the mixture. Add the milk and white chocolate chunks and fold again. Press the cookie dough into the base and up the sides of a 23cm tart tin and use a fork to poke holes into the base. Cover with cling film and leave to chill for 2 hours. Once chilled, bake the cookie shell for 15 minutes at 180 degrees C / 356 degrees F.

Step 2: CHOCOLATE FILLING

Chocolate Custard

4 Egg Yolks

110g Caster Sugar

2tbsp Plain Flour

1tbsp Cocoa Powder

375ml Milk

2tsp Vanilla Extract

150g Dark Chocolate

+ 350ml Whipped Cream

Whisk te egg yolks and sugar together until light and pale. Sieve the flour and cocoa powder and whisk again. Chop the chocolate into small chunks and add to a saucepan along with the milk and vanilla extract. Once the chocolate has melted in the milk, bring the mixture to a boil before gradually tempering the egg mixture with the chocolate milk. Once tempered, add the remaning chocolate milk mixture into the egg mixture and return to the saucepan to cook for another minute. Pour the mixture into a bowl, cover with cling film and leave to chill. Once chilled, whip the whipping cream until stiff peaks form and fold into the chocolate custard. Pour the chocolate filling into the cookie shell and leave to chill for another 2 hours.

Step 3: TOPPINGS

400ml Whipped Cream

4 Flake Bars

Cadbury Mini Eggs

Whip the whipping cream until stiff peaks form and spread over the chocolate filling, leaving a border around the edge. Chop the flake bars into small pieces and create a birds nest. Finish by placing the mini eggs inside the birds nest.

Step 4: ENJOY