Chocolate and Peanut Butter Layer Cake

As I have done in previous years, I went to visit family and of course took dessert. As it was Easter, a chocolate themed cake seemed appropriate, but I wanted to add peanut butter into the mix. One, because I love peanut butter, but also because I think of the many various flavour combinations out…

Iced Easter Cookies

I used the same Chocolate Sugar Cookie recipe for the Easter Cookies as I did for the Shamrocks the other day. Well… you have to have chocolate for Easter, right? I went for three different shapes – some Easter Eggs, Easter Bunnies, and some cute little Easter Chicks. Click the thumbnails below for a larger…

Hot cross Buns

Hot Cross Buns

One of the great joys of Easter is not just the abundance of chocolate, but hot cross buns. This delicious treat is great served at tea time, or for breakfast, toasted with a little butter. It is often thought that the cross on top of the bun is meant to represent the crucifixion, but these…