Try Handmade Treats This Spring with This Spanish Chocolate Rice Cake Easter Recipe

What better time to indulge in a tasty treat than at Easter? If you’ve been searching for an alternative to the humble hot cross bun and you’re not the egg-hunt type, we’ve teamed up with houseboat chefs Tere and Colin Experiences to bring in spring with their delicious Spanish chocolate rice cake recipe.

The perfect Easter recipe for sweet-toothed foodies, this hearty cinnamon-laced cake is moist, filling and most importantly, packed with chocolate. Grab that whisk, strap on an apron and get ready to make this spring the tastiest one yet!

Tere and Colin’s Original Spanish Chocolate Rice Cake 

Your shopping list:

• 1200ml of milk (dairy, oat, soy, or whatever fills your cup!)

• The zest of half a lemon

• 200g of bomba rice (Spanish short grain rice used typically in paella, but risotto rice is a happy alternative) 

• 150g caster sugar

• 75g of good quality cocoa without sugar

• ½ teaspoon cinnamon 

• 2 eggs

• A sprinkle of icing sugar

What you’ll need:

• Large pan

• Whisk

• Wooden spoon

• A 10” diameter shallow ovenproof dish, oiled and lined with baking parchment

Time to get baking!

1. Bring the milk to boil in a large pan with the lemon zest. 

2. When boiling, add the rice and stir often so it doesn't stick at the bottom. 

3. After 10 minutes, remove the lemon zest and add the sugar, cocoa powder, cinnamon and mix together. Lower the heat and cook for a further twenty minutes, stirring regularly. The rice will thicken to a custard-like consistency.

4. When cooked, remove from the pan and leave to cool. 

5. Beat the eggs and add to the cold rice. Mix carefully so everything is absorbed. 

6. Place the mixture into your oiled, lined pan and cook in the middle of the oven at around 200 degrees for 25 minutes. You should see the cake rise during this time. 

7. Remove from the oven and cool, then take your cake out of the dish to avoid sticking.

8. Dust with icing sugar and another sprinkle of cinnamon. 

9. Serve in small slices with double cream or quality vanilla ice cream. Sit back, put your feet up and enjoy your hard work!

Kickstarted a love of cooking? Fancy learning how to make chocolate? Check out Tere and Colin’s mouth watering workshops on their gorgeous houseboat, where you can learn to make crispy churros, please your plant-based pals with a vegan cream tea experience or master the art of Spanish cooking!