Tuesday 19 July 2016

Chocolate Fudge Birthday Cake with Raspberries

Morning Friends! 

This past weekend we celebrated my grandfathers birthday with a family lunch. I was on cake duty so turned to my trusty Pinterest friends for some inspiration. This was a new recipe for me and I'm pleased to say it was a smashing success. My cousin and I prepped the cake on Saturday and assembled it Sunday *The cake is quite dense so remains fresh until the following day #partywin Check out the recipe below and spoil your family this week!


You Will Need
1/2 cup cocoa
1/2 cup boiling water 
125 g unsalted butter, softened
11/4 cup castor sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence



Icing
120 grams unsweetened chocolate, coarsely chopped




Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Grease 3, 6 inch baking pans and line the bases with non-stick baking paper.
Mix the cocoa powder and boiling water form a smooth, thick paste. Leave aside.
Use an electric mixer or by hand,beat the butter, sugar and vanilla essence together for 1-2 minutes or until pale and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition until combined,
Sift together the flours. Use a large metal spoon to fold the flours into the butter mixture alternately with the cocoa mixture, in 2 batches each, until well combined. Divide the mixture equally between the 2 prepared pans. Smoothen the surface with the back of the spoon.
Bake in preheated oven for 20-25 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean. Stand for 30 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool.
Icing
Melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a pot of simmering water. Remove from heat and let cool to room temperature.
In the bowl of your electric mixer, or with a hand mixer, beat the butter until smooth and creamy(about 1 min). Add the sugar and beat until it is light and fluffy(about 2 min). Beat in the vanilla extract. Add the chocolate and beat on low speed until incorporated. Increase the speed to medium-high and beat until frosting is smooth and glossy (about 2-3 min).
Once  cake is cooled completely, frost with chocolate fudge frosting, either by spreading the frosting with a spoon or piping it onto the cake layers. Decorate with fresh raspberries.

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