MINI RAINBOW CAKES RECIPES

Steps:

• Line a 12-hole fairy cake tin with paper cases.
• Melt the chocolate, golden syrup and butter in a bowl set over a saucepan of gently simmering water (do not let the base of the bowl touch the water). Stir the mixture until smooth.
• Remove the bowl from the heat and gently stir in the cornflakes until all of the cereal is coated in the chocolate.
• Divide the mixture between the paper cases and press 3 chocolate eggs into the centre of each nest. Chill in the fridge for 1 hour, or until completely set.

Steps:

• Heat a frying pan until very hot. Rub the steaks all over with olive oil and season well. Sear for a minute on each side, then remove from the pan and leave to cool completely.
• Cook the shallot in a knob of butter until soft, add the mushrooms and thyme, then season and cook, stirring occasionally. The mushrooms will give out a bit of water, so keep cooking them until there is no moisture left in the pan. Leave to cool.
• Roll out the pastry to 20p-thickness. Cut out 4 circles that are 2½cm larger than the fillets, and 4 more circles that are 3½cm larger. Sit the smaller circles on a baking sheet.
• Sit the fillets on 2 overlapping pieces of ham and top each fillet with some of the mushroom mix.
• Wrap each of the fillets up in the slices of ham.
• Sit each fillet on the smaller pastry circles, then brush the edges with egg.
• Drape over the larger circles and press to seal, making sure there are no air pockets.
• Mark the edges with the back of a fork and glaze the outside with egg.
• Score the top of the wellingtons. Chill for 15 minutes. Heat the oven to 220C/fan 200C/gas 7. Bake the wellingtons for 12 minutes for medium rare, 15 minutes for medium.