Bourbon Biscuit Cake
Author: Jenny Paulin
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Serves: 16
- 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
- pre heat the oven to 180oC / 160oC
- grease and line a large baking tin ( I used a roasting tin) approx 20cm in length
- cream the butter and sugar together until soft and pale
- add the eggs and beat well
- fold in the cocoa powder and flour and mix welts combine
- pour into your prepared baking tin
- Top the batter with 16 Bourbon biscuits placed apart to make 16 pieces of cake
- Bake in the oven for approx 25 minutes until risen add cooked right through
- leave to cool
- while this is happening, make your chocolate buttercream:
- Beat the butter to soften it , I used my mixer to do this
- Now add the icing sugar and beat well to combine , I added a splash of milk to loosen it slightly
- Lastly add the melted milk chocolate and beat well
- 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
- cut the cake into 16 cake slices
Recipe by Mummy Mishaps at http://www.mummymishaps.co.uk/2018/07/bourbon-biscuit-cake.html
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