Golden Sparkle Chocolate Cake
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Serves: 12
 
Ingredients
  • *For the Cake*
  • 200g unsalted butter
  • 200g caster sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 150g self raising flour
  • 50g cocoa powder
  • *For the Frosting*
  • 300g full fat cream cheese
  • ¾ of a 400g jar of chocolate spread
  • *For the Decoration* - you can use any chocolate your like, but I used the following
  • 175g white chocolate
  • 3 Mr Kipling Fondant Fancies
  • Galaxy Chocolate
  • Curly Curly
  • Galaxy Golden Eggs
  • Maltesers
  • Ferrero Rocher
  • Edible gold glitter spray
Instructions
  1. pre heat the oven to 180oC / 160oC (fan)
  2. grease and line 2 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 two tins and then cook in the oven for 22-25 minutes approx
  7. leave the cakes to cool
  8. once the sponges are cold to the touch, make your frosting by beating the cream cheese and chocolate spread together
  9. place your cake onto your plate or board
  10. sandwich the two sponges together with some of the frosting
  11. then cover the cake with more frosting - I kept back about 2 tbsp which I out in a piping bag and used to decorate the cake around the bottom (optional)
  12. Chill the cake for about 30-60m mins if you have time
  13. Melt the white chocolate and then pour onto the top of the cake
  14. then add your chocolates and cake as per my photos if you like
  15. finally spray with the edible glitter spray
  16. Keep in a cool place especially if you are making this in the summer!
Recipe by Mummy Mishaps at http://www.mummymishaps.co.uk/2017/03/golden-sparkle-chocolate-cake.html