Since today is Easter Sunday I thought I’d simply wish you all a happy Easter and allow you all to look upon the wonderful creation that is my Easter cake. There really isn’t much to say regarding this creation, it’s made of copious amounts of chocolate and that’s all the information one needs. However, see if you can spot the little not-quite-so-secular Easter themed nod hidden within. Have a lovely day and don’t binge too much.
For another wonderful recipe inspired by Easter, check out my recipe for Hot Cross Bread and Butter Pudding
Easter Tiffin Cake
Makes one 18” cake
Ingredients:
• 200g digestive biscuits, finely crushed
• 230g dark chocolate, melted
• 100g butter, melted
• 150g raisins
• 4 tbsp golden syrup
• 2 tbsp dark cocoa powder
• 2 handfuls of cornflakes, roughly crushed
• 12 mini eggs
Method:
1. Grease an appropriately sized cake tin. In a pan melt together the butter, 30g of the chocolate and 3 tbsp of golden syrup. Mix this with the biscuit, cornflakes, cocoa powder and raisins. Push this firmly and evenly into the bottom of the cake tin. Melt the remaining chocolate and pour it over the top. Press the eggs into the molten chocolate using the design depicted in the photos. Chill for at least an hour before eating.
Cost: This really and truly is a frugal Easter treat, you may forget overpriced chocolate moulded into inexplicably large eggs. This cake shall set one back a mere £1.60, the price of a single, extortionate, Easter egg.
97 replies on “Easter Tiffin Cake”
Mmmmm, cornflakes and chocolate!
I know… they work so well together.
Love chocolate biscuit cake,- nothing beats it as a vehicle for eating even more mini eggs!
Haha – mini eggs seem to be almost as popular as this post. Fantastic, Loaf!
I am all for anything that has copious amounts of chocolate and biscuits. Happy Easter to you. BAM
Me too, BAM! Thanks, you too.
Ooooh, that looks good! You can never have too much chocolate!
Thanks. One really can’t!
This cake definitely says Easter, through and through! Happy Easter!
IT is Easter through and through 😀
Is it the 12 eggspostles?
Are you still at it?
Is he known for doing this?
Well… the 11 eggspostles and Jesus!
Looks like a chocolately delight. Love the Easter decorations.
Oh yes, it was… very chocolaty.
Cool, they actually sell those cookies, err biscuits, in our local grocery now. Looks awesome. Have a great Easter, filled with copious amounts of chocolate.
Awesome! So much better for cheesecakes too. Thanks for the comment, Greg.
it looks so good!
Thanks, Nicole.
Wow! Fabulous looking dish. A feast for all the senses!
Thanks! It certainly was.
This one takes me back to the days of Grandma – she loved making tiffin.
Awesome! I’m glad that I was the one to take you back there.
Much nicer than Easter Eggs!
It absolutely was!
Wow chocolaty! I was just thinking about digestive biscuits and chocolate cake yesterday- great combination and happy Easter!
One of the best combinations :D. thanks for the comment, Rebecca.
I love tiffin, and this looks much better than an easter egg.
Happy Easter
Cheers
Marcus
Oh yes, it is… it really is. Thanks, Marcus.
Good God.. this cake is all that and more!! wonderful.. c
Haha, yes it is, Cecilia!
This is the love of my life – literally a hedgehog slice gone cake! Thank you thank you thank you 😀
Happy Easter!
Choc Chip Uru
Haha! I’m glad you like it so much.
Deliciously easy and simply perfect! Happy Easter!
On a side note, can I just say how much I admire your gorgeous wooden table? It makes me imagine that your photos are being taken in a huge old-world dining hall, although I know that’s probably not the case. 🙂
Thanks, Celia. I adore that table. I don’t know what I’ll do once I move later this year… It really isn’t the case :D.
OH MY GOD. I’m going to have to make this when I get the chance to, easter or not. Happy Easter!
Haha, yes you must. It’s not exclusively Easter by any stretch of the imagination.
Looks great!! You are always an inspiration 🙂
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I can taste the crunchy chocolatey goodness! My hubby would be drooling over this, the mini eggs being the icing on the cake, so to speak 😉 Hmm, I’m missing the religious bit … unless both God and chocolate are good for you?!? 😀
The cornflakes worked ridiculously well. The eggs signify the 11 apostles and Jesus… not that I’m in any way religious.
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Now you know how I feel about chocolate lol. And you are taking me on a HUGE chocolate rush right now. I wish I had this right now lol
I do indeed! Haha – make it then, Kay.
By golden syrup do you mean just corn syrup or some other concoction?
I have no idea… I’m British, all we have is golden syrup I’m afraid.
Yum.
Just curious – what do you mean by tiffin? To me this is a word for a light meal or a between-meal snack, and I associate its use with India.
Thanks! I have no idea where the name derives from but it is commonly used in this capacity in Britain. I suppose what I mean by tiffin is exactly what you can see before you…
What a great cake! And the decorations are perfect for the occasion. 🙂 Hope you had a Happy Easter Frugal!
Thanks, Karista! I did, I hope that you did too.
Yummm! No-bake greatness. I’m always up for a reason to eat more chocolate.
Thanks, Ami. I adore no-bake cakes.
Gorgeous.. I’ve not heard of a Tiffin Cake before and was smitten just by its name.. then I saw the chocolate.. and the eggs.. totally.infatuated.now.
ps is it the Twelve Days of Easter?
Thanks, Smidge. Are there 12 days of Easter? Isn’t that Christmas? It’s the 11 Apostles + Jesus.
this is the first time I’ve heard of a tiffin cake, what amkes it a tiffin cake exactly? I think indian food when i see tiffin. cake looks gorgeous, yum!
I don’t really know… it is what it is. I’m glad you like it.
I hope you had a Happy Easter. I know you ate well.
Oh my, we did… we really did! I hope yours was also hoppy.
This looks deliciously dense and sweet! And I love the fact that it’s a no-bake treat. Plus, it gives me something to do with the half-eaten monster bag of mini eggs that I will continue to consume at an unhealthy rate if given nothing else to do with them! Hope you had a fabulous Easter!
It was exactly that, how discerning of you! Ah yes, those mini eggs can be such health fiends :D.
Aren’t digestive biscuits delicious?? This pie is dreamy!
They really are. Thanks, villy!
happy Easter! hope it was a great day; I love the simple egg garnish on it – it looks perfectly festive but not overwhelming. Delicious looking cake! I wonder if there’s anywhere to buy digestive biscuits in Alaska….
Thanks, Raga. It was lovely. I have absolutely no idea, I’m afraid… Google?
That cake looks delicious! I want a slice!! Can you mail it to me?
Thanks! I’m afraid it wouldn’t survive 😀 Plus, it’s all gone…
Eek! I have missed so much over here. I was away, visiting my sister. Time to catch up!
Move over everyone, this is MY cake! Digestives??? It’s as if you made it just for me. I know you didn’t so don’t tell me that you didn’t. Let’s just pretend because digestives are my favorite things in the whole wide world. Hoppy belated Easter, Nick 🙂 <–see what I did there? Catchy, ain't it?
Get to it, Cara! I totally did… hmm. Yes, happy belated Eater to you too. Nice pun 😀
Ooh, this looks too tempting! Happy Easter – two days late.
And I see what you did with the mini eggs (apostles). Shouldn’t it be 11 though (minus Judas)?
Thanks! Some people also put a 12th to signify Jesus.
I’d much rather this than any old egg…well any time.
Oh yes, so would I. Eggs are entirely over-rated.
Cute! What a neat Easter treat.
Hehe, it was – it went down extremely well.
Been making tiffin a few years now (omitting fruit like raisins and oranges – can’t stand them with chocolate) and I love the idea of corn flakes! Will be trying this addition out soon ^_^
Really? Chocolate and raisins is a classic combo! Shame on you :P. Cornflakes were a momentary inspiration and work SO well.
You said your Easter post would be chocolatey goodness and you have delivered!! Love the addition of cornflakes, in thinking if I can use GF cornflakes I can please my celiac friends too!
Thanks, Aimee. Good to see you back, by the way. That alteration sounds like a great idea.
You had me at “mini eggs”. Looks delicious!
I thought that I might :D. Thanks!
love the mini eggs.
Fang, I can’t resist a good mini egg.
Oh god thats good – love the long shot!
Thanks! Yes, I don’t often do shots like that – I ought to I suppose.
This looks so good. I’m going to make it without the apostles. I’ll think up something different for the top so I can make it all year long.
Thanks! Disciples, actually 😀 – plus Jesus.
CHOCOLATE! Looks absolutely amazing!
Hah – lots of it. Thanks!
What a wonderful idea! I will have to try my own version of this sometime : )
You should, Sarah.
hi frugalfeeding
im just wondering if im doing something wrong, when i receive your post, i click the link, i come directly to your blog, but there isn’t any photos, would you happen to know why? thanx!
That’s my fault, they will be going back up shortly, don’t worry!
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I’ve just discovered this post, for the first time, and it’s rather timely. 🙂
Be lovely if I could see any of the photos that I suspect should be visible.
I’ll be making a vegan version of this in the very nearly future.
Many thanks. 🙂
Unfortunately, I had to remove many of the photos from my early recipes. But give it a go – it’s very simple and really worth the effort.