Beat the butter and sugar together for about 5 minutes until pale and creamy
Add the eggs and a spoonful of the flour and beat again for a few more minutes , to make the batter light and airy
Fold in the remaining flour and cocoa powder
Divide the batter between the two tins and cook in the oven for about 25 mintes untl risen and cooked right through, and allow to cool completely
Once your sponges have cooled, you need to make your number 5 components. To do this you need to make a 'C' shape from the round sponge and the 2 rectaungular pieces from the square shape.
Once you have cut out these shapes, you need to then carefully slice them in half so you can add buttercream inside each one.
Once you have added your buttercream and sandwiched the shapes back together, place them on your cake board./plate and the carefully cover all of your number 5 sponge with the remining chocolate butercream - I just had enough!
Then you need to cover the cake with the smarties
*top tip* seperate all the different colouyred smarties into bowls, makes it much easier when decorating the cake
Then simply cover the cake with smarties, one colour at a time as per the photo ensuring you go all over the sides too - makes it look almost 3D by the time you have finished.
Keep the cake covered until you need it, and if using during the scorchio weatehr as we had back in July, then keep covered in the fridge and remove about 30 minutes before serving.
Recipe by Mummy Mishaps at http://www.mummymishaps.co.uk/2014/08/burtons-5th-birthday-number-5-cake-and-a-toy-story-party.html