Pink Kit Kat Celebration Cake
Author: Jenny Paulin
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Serves: 12
- 300g unsalted butter
- 250g caster sugar
- 6 eggs
- edible rainbow confetti
- 300g self raising flour
- 1 tbsp vanilla essence / extract
- *for the decoration*
- 40 Ruby (pink) KitKats fingers which is 10 x 4 packs
- 250g unsalted butter
- 100g icing sugar
- dash of milk
- 100g white chocolate, melted
- pink and purple sprinkles (again from Tesco)
- Grease and line 3 x 8 inch cake tins
- Pre heat the oven to 180oC / 160oC (fan)
- Beat the butter and sugar for 5 minutes until light and creamy
- Add the eggs, the vanilla extract/essence and a spoonful of flour and beat again for a few more minutes
- Fold in the flour until combined and then beat in the whole tub of edible rainbow confetti
- Divide the batter between the baking tins
- Bake in the oven for 22-25 minutes until risen, golden brown and cooked right through
- Leave to cool while you make the buttercream frosting:
- Using a stand alone mixer, beat the butter for about 5 minutes until softened
- add the icing sugar and beat well until soft and combined
- add a dash of milk and beat again to make smooth
- now add the melted white chocolate and beat again
- Assemble the cake:
- sandwich the sponges together with some of the buttercream and the covert the entire cake with more of it.
- stick the KitKats (which will need to be broken into single fingers) around the cake
- then tip the contents of 1-2 pink and purple sprinkles tubes over the top of the cake for a final flourish
Recipe by Mummy Mishaps at http://www.mummymishaps.co.uk/2018/07/pink-kit-kat-celebration-cake.html
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