One Easter dessert that fulfills all of those holiday cravings and is triply chocolate in taste as well as visually, with a moist cocoa and coffee cake and a rich mascarpone and melted chocolate frosting and topped with crunchy chocolate easter eggs !
I’m not going to lie by telling you that I made these cakes this spring, but I did make them, test them and photograph them last spring and kept it tucked away because as some of you may know, I’m in the middle (or slightly past the midpoint) of a full home renovation project
Living away from home, without an oven and surrounded by my old stacked furniture pieces, boxes and bags as well as receiving ordered items daily, that are needed for the project, is not an easy thing for a homebody, even though I’m living right next door, designing and redesigning spaces daily, giving a hand to the qualified workers, running errands, picking up stuff and averting my eyes from the disorder and dust that accumulates each day.
My design ideas are simple but as you may know, simple is not the easiest look to purchase so a lot of customization is going on, which makes the whole ordeal seemingly endless, even in an average-sized Parisian apartment.
The major work should be all done by the middle or end of next month and then I’ll continue with the fine-tuning during the rest of spring, which also means sorting stuff, donating stuff, trashing stuff too … I’m a hoarder, but my hoard is well organized and behind closed storage doors, but it’s time.
Back to Easter (the first one) and these little cakes. The recipe and the assembly are both simple and you could prepare everything in advance and assemble them the day before serving, but the frosted and decorated cakes will keep very well in an airtight container in the refrigerator for several days, so organize yourself as best suits you.
The only trick part is finding that spaghetti or noodle nozzle for the piping bag I used for the frosting that is shaped to look like a nest, but internet is a magical space for that.
Anyways, Happy (first) Easter holidays to all and I hope to be back for the Orthodox one coming up soon after … :)
