Published on Mar 8, 2015. Modified on Nov 10, 2024 by bakingqueen74. This post may contain affiliate links. 30 Comments

Creme Egg Chocolate Ganache Tart

Try my Creme Egg Chocolate Tart this Easter for a rich chocolatey treat! Creme eggs are nestled in a chocolate ganache filling.

As you can see I’ve been getting busy baking up a delicious Easter chocolate tart for you to enjoy this April!

If it’s Easter, there have to be Cadbury’s Creme Eggs of course. It’s the law. They may have changed the way they make them but they still mean Easter, at least for chocolate lovers.

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What better than to add creme eggs to a delicious chocolate ganache tart with chocolate pastry. True chocolate overload!

Definitely not one for you if you’re dieting, but for a treat for the family at Easter, why not.

We bravely ate this tart before Easter just to try it out.

I’ll definitely have to make it again if the happy faces at the table were anything to go by.

I’m also going to have to get back in the gym after eating this, but it was definitely worth it!

Ingredients

Here’s what you will need for the recipe (quantities are in the recipe card below):

plain flour
cocoa powder
icing sugar
butter
egg yolk
dark chocolate
double cream
demerara sugar
mini Creme eggs
Galaxy bubbles egg or milk chocolate

Method

To make the pastry:

Sift the flour, cocoa powder and caster sugar into a bowl.
Rub in the butter until it looks like fine breadcrumbs.
Beat the egg yolk with the cold water then pour it into a well in the middle of the flour mixture.
Use a spoon to mix it together and then press together with your hands.
Cover with clingfilm and put it in the fridge for half an hour to chill.
Remove from the fridge and roll out carefully so it is larger than your tart tin. Drape over the tin and push the corners gently into place. Press the pastry round the tin so the edges become fluted.
Trim off the edges with a sharp knife, to the shape of the tin.
Place your tin on a baking sheet to make it easier to handle.
Then put the tin (still on the sheet) back into the fridge to chill for another half an hour. Meanwhile preheat the oven to 180°C.
Remove the pastry shell from the fridge. Prick the base with a fork to stop it rising as it bake and to allow the steam to escape.
Fill the pastry shell with baking beans (I use dried pasta, you can also use dried rice) on top of baking paper and bake for 10 minutes. Then remove the baking beans and baking paper and bake for a further 10 minutes for the base to become crisp.
Leave the case to cool.

To make the filling:

Bring the double cream and light brown sugar to a simmer in a small pan, then remove it from the heat.
Place the broken up chocolate in a large bowl, then pour the cream over the chocolate. After a few minutes stir the cream and chocolate together until it is smooth and a uniform colour.
Pour the ganache into the pastry case and smooth the top with the back of a spoon.
Split one pack of the mini creme eggs in half with a sharp knife.
Arrange them on top of the ganache and press them in slightly.
Put the tart back in the fridge to set.
Once it has set – this should take 1-2 hours but depends on your fridge – cut three or four more of the mini creme eggs into quarters, and arrange these around the edges of the tart.
Cut the Galaxy Bubbles egg (or some milk chocolate) into small pieces and crumble it between the quartered mini creme eggs.
Serve for a delicious extravagant Easter dessert!

More Easter bakes to try

For some more delicious Easter bakes, why not have a look at these:

creme egg cheesecake from It’s Not Easy Being Greedy
creme egg cookie bars

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Creme Egg chocolate ganache tart - a wonderfully indulgent Easter dessert!

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