Chocoholics Chocolate Overload Cake
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Serves: 50
 
Ingredients
  • 300g unsalted butter
  • 300g caster sugar
  • 6 eggs
  • 225g self raising flour
  • 75g cocoa powder
  • *For the Frosting*
  • 100g melted white chocolate
  • 250g butter
  • 500g icing sugar
  • milk - you just need a small amount to help make the buttercream smooth
  • *Decoration*
  • Any you like really, I used
  • Curly Wurlys
  • Hersheys Cookies and Cream Bars
  • Rolos
  • Maltesers
  • Flakes
  • Galaxy Golden eggs
  • Chocolate fingers
  • chocolate buttons
  • 150g milk chocolate, melted
Instructions
  1. pre heat the oven to 180oC / 160oC (fan)
  2. grease and line 3 x 8 inch sandwich tins
  3. cream the butter and sugar together for about 5 minutes until pale and soft
  4. add the eggs and a spoonful of the flour and beat for a few more minutes
  5. fold in the remaining flour and the cocoa powder
  6. divide the batter between the three tins and then cook in the oven for 22-25 minutes approx
  7. leave the cakes to cool
  8. Meanwhile make your white chocolate frosting by:
  9. Beating the butter for a few minutes to soften it.
  10. Gradually add the icing sugar to make a smooth buttercream
  11. Add the melted white chocolate and beat well
  12. You want a frosting which is smooth and spreadable - add a little milk if needed
  13. *assembling the cake*
  14. Slice the three sponges to make six
  15. Sandwich each slice with the white chocolate frosting
  16. Then cover the whole cake with a thin layer of the frosting
  17. Place in the fridge for an hour
  18. Remove and then cover the cake with the rest of the frosting
  19. Return to the fridge for another hour
  20. Melt the milk chocolate
  21. Remove the cake from the fridge and then pour the milk chocolate onto the top and smooth over and allow drips to fall down the cake
  22. Working quite quickly, add your chocolates and biscuits to your cake - up to you how you do this
  23. I then crumbled some more flakes over the top
  24. Return to the fridge for the last time to set before serving.
Recipe by Mummy Mishaps at http://www.mummymishaps.co.uk/2017/03/chocoholics-chocolate-overload-cake.html