Easter Chocolate Tart! – Jane’s Patisserie

May 19, 2025

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With a do-it-yourself chocolate pastry, thick chocolate filling and easter goodies this easter chocolate tart is a showstopper for positive!

I needed to offer you a recipe that was decadent, wealthy, however really easy to make at dwelling. With numerous expertise of a do-it-yourself chocolate shortcrust pastry, and a baked chocolate ganache tart filling it’s completely delicious.

Easter desserts

With regards to easter desserts I’ve so many choices already. My salted caramel easter tart, my easter pavlova, and my sizzling cross bun pudding are just some of my favourites, however I am keen on all of them. I actually have so many countless quantities of easter recipes at this level, however I just do hold eager to put up increasingly.

There’s something about easter and dessert that simply comes hand in hand for me, and while there’s additionally plenty of different stuff to rejoice round this time, the pudding is my private favorite. Often, biased by the truth that chocolate is simply in every single place, however there are simply so many enjoyable themes and flavours that you may play with at the moment.

In case you are after a dessert that isn’t chocolate themed, you possibly can go down the routes of my lemon posset tart or my peach crumble however this specific put up is chocolate by way of and thru, and I’m not mad about it. It’s a chocolate outdoors, chocolate inside, and chocolate on high – YUM!

Pastry

As a result of I needed to make this recipe barely totally different to the tart recipes I have already got printed, I needed to make use of a chocolate pastry as a substitute of an everyday one. In case you are after a plain pastry, yow will discover that on my Bakewell tart put up as a information. This pastry is analogous, however utilizing a cocoa powder to make a chocolate pastry can change the sport barely because it’s normally fairly drying compared to simply flour.

Flour – it’s at all times necessary to make use of plain flour slightly than self elevating flour, you don’t need any elevating brokers within the flour
Chocolate – cocoa powder is required right here – attempt to use a robust cocoa powder and never sizzling chocolate powder as you need as pure a cocoa as potential
Sugar – icing sugar is greatest because it provides the extent of sweetness wanted for a candy shortcrust pastry
Butter – I exploit unsalted block butter, however you should utilize salted block butter as properly (private style) however don’t use a margarine or unfold because it’s too mushy
Liquid – an egg yolk provides a very good richness to the pastry, and the water helps convey every little thing collectively

Filling

The filling for this tart is sort of a luxurious baked ganache – and I am keen on it. It jogs my memory of the recipe for my Lindt fondants virtually, or my creme egg fondants, and it’s really easy to make. Usually, for an everyday ganache you don’t must bake it – however as a result of once more I’m attempting to purposely present you a unique type of tart for this recipe I needed to make a baked chocolate filling.

Chocolate – for the ganache to set and work, the darkish chocolate is essential. I at all times advocate utilizing 70%+ cocoa content material for the chocolate to set
Cream – within the UK we have now double cream, so I exploit that. It’s the fattiest liquid cream we have now right here
Sugar – I exploit icing sugar because it’s what I additionally advocate utilizing within the pastry – if you happen to aren’t a fan of darkish chocolate, double the quantity for a bit extra sweetness
Eggs – I exploit two complete eggs. You should utilize egg yolks for a richer flavour, however I favor utilizing the entire eggs
Vanilla – somewhat vanilla for sweetness, however it’s elective
Salt – I am keen on the mixture of salt in my bakes, however once more that is elective for individuals who don’t like salt. I’d keep away from the finely grained desk salt although because it’s obtained a nasty flavour compared to sea salt chunks

Easter goodies

So in the case of a recipe like this, you 100% don’t have to make use of it only for Easter – you possibly can simply skip the easter themed a part of this recipe, or you should utilize a extra seasonally acceptable chocolate as a substitute, that’s solely as much as you. I needed to make this as Easter themed as potential, so I did sprinkle some easter goodies into the tart earlier than baking, and it labored splendidly.

As the price of Easter goodies is growing as ever because of the price of different components, you possibly can after all skip including them into the tart and simply use them for adornment, as a result of that half is gorgeous and the flowery present stopping a part of it. I normally use a mix of various manufacturers of easter goodies, however any work theoretically.

Ornament

This easter chocolate tart is wealthy and opulent as it’s, however I at all times love so as to add somewhat ornament on high as a result of why not?! It makes the dessert extra of a present stopper once more, but in addition is enjoyable. As at all times, it’s elective and never a necessity by any means. I needed to do a chocolate whipped cream so as to add to the chocolate on chocolate theme…

I used double cream, somewhat cocoa powder, somewhat icing sugar after which flippantly whipped them collectively to mushy peaks. Usually, this kind of cream could be over whipped as a result of if you happen to whip it too thick, after which add to a bag with a piping tip it could possibly considerably seize earlier than piping, so I normally whip to mushy peaks after which it’s pretty and easy to pipe as ornament.