Iced Gems Pinata Cake
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Serves: 12
 
Ingredients
  • 250g unsalted butter
  • 250g caster sugar
  • 250g self raising flour
  • 5 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • *FROSTING & FILLING *
  • 1 tub of Betty Crocker vanilla buttercream
  • 100g melted white chocolate
  • jam - any flavour you like
  • 3 packets of iced gems
  • *DECORATION*
  • 3 tubs of edible stars (same as sprinkles but star shaped)
  • indoor small sparkler/s
Instructions
  1. Grease and line 4 x 8 inch sandwich tins
  2. Pre heat the oven to 180oC / 160oC (fan)
  3. Cream the butter and sugar for about 5 minutes until soft and pale
  4. Add the eggs, the vanilla extract and 1 tbsp of the flour, and beat together for a few more minutes
  5. Fold in the remaining flour
  6. Divide the batter between the 4 sandwich tins
  7. Place in the oven and cook for 20-25 minutes until risen and cooked right through
  8. Leave to cool
  9. Once the sponges are cold, you need to make a hole in the 2 middle ones and I did this by using a medium sized scone cutter
  10. Make the frosting by heating together the melted white chocolate and the ready made buttercream.
  11. Then place the bottom sponge (which does not have a hole) on your cake stand/plate and cover the perimeter with a layer of jam and then the frosting - takign care to leave a circle in the middle with no jam or frosting
  12. Add the 2 sponges with the cut outs - again adding the jam and frosting on the perimter and not into the circles!
  13. Once the 3 sponges have been asembled, pour in the iced gems
  14. and then add the final sponge
  15. Then cover the entire cake in the frosting
  16. Now the tricky part (at least it is for me!), you need to cover the entire cake in the edible stars - this is a bit fiddly but worth the effort when done!
  17. Place the cake in the fridge to set
  18. When you are ready to serve the cake - add an indoor sparkler for some wow factor!
  19. The cut and let the bakes escape - ala the iced gems!
Recipe by Mummy Mishaps at http://www.mummymishaps.co.uk/2014/12/bake-escape-iced-gems-pinata-cake-review-give-away-2.html