Chocolate Birthday cake - create your very own showstopper
Ingredients
Cake
3large Eggsfree-range
175g6 oz Self-Raising Flour
175g6 oz Caster Sugar
175g6 oz Softened Butter
1½level tsp Baking Powder
40g1½ oz Cocoa Powder
4tbspBoiling Water
Butter Icing
150gSoftened Butter
300gIcing Sugarsieved
30gcocoa powder
2TablespoonsMilk
Decorationthe FUN Bit
Kitkats36 fingers
Malteasers
M&M's
Kinder Eggs
Curly Wurly
Bueno's
Chocolate lollipop
Instructions
Cakes
Preheat the oven to 180C, gas 4.
Grease and line two 8 inch or two 20cm sandwich cake tins (7 inch would also do)
In a large mixing bowl beat together the eggs, flour, caster sugar, butter and baking powder until smooth.
Put the cocoa in separate mixing bowl and add the water a little at a time to make a stiff paste.
Add this paste to the cake mixture and combine
Turn into the prepared tins, level the top and bake in the preheated oven for about 20-25 mins, or until shrinking away from the sides of the tin and springy to the touch.
Leave to cool in the tin, then turn on to a wire rack to become completely cold
Butter icing
Cream the softened butter with the sieved icing sugar and cocoa powder until smooth (I do it with an electric stand mixer - or electric hand mixer. Or you can do it by hand (think of those toned arms :-) )
Finally add the milk to slacked off - helps to soften which means icing the cake is easier
Construction
Place your first cake on a plate or on a cake board, whatever you will ultimately serve it on
Add approx. 1/3 of your butter cream and spread evenly across the cake
Pop the next cake on top Roughly cover the whole cake in the remaining butter cream - don't be too worried about it being perfect - it should be just a thin layer and it will be covered up!
Next break your KitKats into 1 finger and start placing around the outside of your cake - they will stick to the buttercream (don't eat the KitKats :-) )
When the outside is totally covered in KitKats - place your ribbon around and tie in a bow (also helps to secure the KitKats)
Then decorate as you wish, Ilike a bit of height and colour on mine! Now just enjoy!!!!