It's amazing what will keep small children amused in the Easter holidays...

Easter decorations (part 2)

The chicks might not be the most sophisticated cake topping, but they made us all smile. No matter how you carefully arranged them, that one on the far right insisted on leaning at a drunken angle.

Recipe for the phenomenally chocolate-y tart over at Recipes for Millie.

Easter decorations

1. Take several twigs from the garden (I cut some from the lilac, eucalyptus tree and winter flowering jasmine).

2. Stick them in a vase with some water (the leaves will eventually unfurl).

3. Add some vintage Easter decorations (these ones were given to me and my brother when we were small), a random selection of chicks (some listing rather badly due to cat-inflicted injuries) and a large Easter rabbit (courtesy of Lidl, 99p).

4. Voila!