Birthday bug cake
Serves 16
Prep 50 mins
Cook 1 hr 20 mins
1.. Bake the Easy vanilla cake in a greased, lined deep 20cm cake tin as in
the basic recipe; drench with syrup and leave to cool. Leave the oven on.
2.. Break the white chocolate into cubes into a microwaveable bowl, and heat
on High for 1 min (or melt over a pan of simmering water). Stir, then leave any
remaining lumps to melt in the warm liquid chocolate. Once just-warm, beat the
chocolate into the buttercream.
3.. Start the butterflies. Put the whole giant buttons on a flat baking tray
on non-stick baking paper, then put into the oven for 20-30 secs or until the
chocolate looks shiny. Take out, scatter with hundreds and thousands, then
leave to set completely before cutting in half with a large non-serrated knife.
For the ladybirds, pipe dots of icing all over the already cut giant button
halves, then leave aside to dry.
4.. Spread the buttercream over the cake, then start to arrange the
butterflies. Cut each Matchmaker into 3 - these will make the bodies. Press
onto the cake, then stick four giant button halves around each body to make
'wings'. For the ladybirds, place two spotty button halves together, then use a
small button for the head. Scatter more hundreds and thousands all over the
cake, then poke in the candles.
TIP
The decorated cake can be left, loosely covered, in a cool, dry place (not the
fridge) for up to 24 hours before the party.
PER SERVING
536 calories, protein 7g, carbohydrate 64g, fat 30 g, saturated fat 18g, fibre
1g, sugar 47g, salt 0.28 g
~ Have a nice day & Enjoy the recipes ~
Arlette Arthur
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