Chocoholics Chocolate Overload Cake
Author: Jenny Paulin
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Serves: 50
- 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
- pre heat the oven to 180oC / 160oC (fan)
- grease and line 3 x 8 inch sandwich tins
- cream the butter and sugar together for about 5 minutes until pale and soft
- add the eggs and a spoonful of the flour and beat for a few more minutes
- fold in the remaining flour and the cocoa powder
- divide the batter between the three tins and then cook in the oven for 22-25 minutes approx
- leave the cakes to cool
- Meanwhile make your white chocolate frosting by:
- Beating the butter for a few minutes to soften it.
- Gradually add the icing sugar to make a smooth buttercream
- Add the melted white chocolate and beat well
- You want a frosting which is smooth and spreadable - add a little milk if needed
- *assembling the cake*
- Slice the three sponges to make six
- Sandwich each slice with the white chocolate frosting
- Then cover the whole cake with a thin layer of the frosting
- Place in the fridge for an hour
- Remove and then cover the cake with the rest of the frosting
- Return to the fridge for another hour
- Melt the milk chocolate
- 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
- Working quite quickly, add your chocolates and biscuits to your cake - up to you how you do this
- I then crumbled some more flakes over the top
- 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
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