Bourbon Biscuit Cake
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Serves: 16
 
Ingredients
  • 225g unsalted butter
  • 175g caster sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 50g cocoa powder
  • 175g self raising flour
  • 16 bourbon biscuits
  • 150g butter
  • 75g icing sugar
  • splash of milk
  • 100g milk chocolate, melted
Instructions
  1. pre heat the oven to 180oC / 160oC
  2. grease and line a large baking tin ( I used a roasting tin) approx 20cm in length
  3. cream the butter and sugar together until soft and pale
  4. add the eggs and beat well
  5. fold in the cocoa powder and flour and mix welts combine
  6. pour into your prepared baking tin
  7. Top the batter with 16 Bourbon biscuits placed apart to make 16 pieces of cake
  8. Bake in the oven for approx 25 minutes until risen add cooked right through
  9. leave to cool
  10. while this is happening, make your chocolate buttercream:
  11. Beat the butter to soften it , I used my mixer to do this
  12. Now add the icing sugar and beat well to combine , I added a splash of milk to loosen it slightly
  13. Lastly add the melted milk chocolate and beat well
  14. once cold to the touch, remove the sponge from the tin and slice the cake in half and sandwich the two halves together with the buttercream
  15. cut the cake into 16 cake slices
Recipe by Mummy Mishaps at http://www.mummymishaps.co.uk/2018/07/bourbon-biscuit-cake.html