My Step Dad just turned 60 so I said that I would make him a birthday cake to celebrate this milestone birthday. Being a man who LOVES chocolate and cake, to make him a calorific laden cake was not hard to do!!!
I decided to make him a Malteser and Chocolate Finger decorated cake using a chocolate sponge which I added cola too making a light sponge, which I then covered in a cream cheese and chocolate spread frosting which I decided would be less sickly and rich than a regular chocolate buttercream.
So here is my recipe for a Malteser and Chocolate Finger cake
Serves 12
Ingredients
200g unsalted butter
200g caster sugar
100ml cola
175g self raising flour
50g cocoa powder
4 eggs
400g jar of chocolate spread
200g full fat cream cheese
2 boxes of milk chocolate fingers
2 boxes of white chocolate fingers
1 grab bag of Maltesers
Method
grease and line 2 x 9 inch cake tins
pre heat the oven to 180oC/160oC fan
melt the butter and cola in a saucepan over a low heat until melted
meanwhile place all the dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl
beat the eggs together and pour into the dry ingredients
add the butter and cola liquid to the bowl and combine until mixed
pour into the cake tins
(you may find, as i did, that you wont need all the batter so you can make 6 cupcakes with the leftover mixture)
place in the oven and cook for about 30 minutes until cooked through properly
allow to cool completely
Make your frosting by mixing together the cream cheese and chocolate spread
Once the sponges are completely cool, sandwich together with some of the chocolate frosting
Place onto your chosen cake plate and then coat the rest of the cake with the frosting (there will be some left which you can use to decorate the cupcakes with)
Then around the cake, add the chocolate fingers - white then milk, then white then milk etc... until you cover all of the circumference of the cake . (You wont use all of the second pack of each of the chocolate fingers)
Then add the Maltesers to the top of the cake going around in circles until you reach the centre
And that's it!
Mmmmmmmm - sooooo good :)
Ingredients
200g unsalted butter
200g caster sugar
100ml cola
175g self raising flour
50g cocoa powder
4 eggs
400g jar of chocolate spread
200g full fat cream cheese
2 boxes of milk chocolate fingers
2 boxes of white chocolate fingers
1 grab bag of Maltesers
Method
grease and line 2 x 9 inch cake tins
pre heat the oven to 180oC/160oC fan
melt the butter and cola in a saucepan over a low heat until melted
meanwhile place all the dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl
beat the eggs together and pour into the dry ingredients
add the butter and cola liquid to the bowl and combine until mixed
pour into the cake tins
(you may find, as i did, that you wont need all the batter so you can make 6 cupcakes with the leftover mixture)
place in the oven and cook for about 30 minutes until cooked through properly
allow to cool completely
Make your frosting by mixing together the cream cheese and chocolate spread
Once the sponges are completely cool, sandwich together with some of the chocolate frosting
Place onto your chosen cake plate and then coat the rest of the cake with the frosting (there will be some left which you can use to decorate the cupcakes with)
Then around the cake, add the chocolate fingers - white then milk, then white then milk etc... until you cover all of the circumference of the cake . (You wont use all of the second pack of each of the chocolate fingers)
Then add the Maltesers to the top of the cake going around in circles until you reach the centre
And that's it!
Mmmmmmmm - sooooo good :)
Oh my word that looks divine! Im dribbling! Ive never tried adding cola before, will give it a go x
ReplyDeleteThat looks so good! my husband would love it (although it would be like that bit from mitilda where the fat kid eats all the cake) x
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Brilliant! I was thinking about doing one like this with smarties for my Mum's birthday next week but since deciding to I've not been able to find any smarties in the shops! ( or chocolate fingers for that matter!) I've seen malteasers though :)
ReplyDeletelooks yummy Jenny - & so neat! Glad to see you're still using the crazy kitchen frosting & not turned back to Betty Crocker! ;-)
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I love that cake! :-)
ReplyDeleteOh my actual word, Jenny! That looks immense.
ReplyDeleteThats an AMAZING!!! Cake! I think my eye's would have fallen out their sockets if someone made me this :D
ReplyDeleteGod Jenny I need to stop looking at your blog, it just makes me want to eat chocolate non stop which I already am as breastfeeding is making me obsessed!
ReplyDeleteWow, wow wow, that's all :-) xx
ReplyDeleteThat looks totes amazeballs, a real chocolate treat *drools*
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ReplyDeleteOmg ! Awful, turned out like frisbees , followed this recipe to the letter and still damned awful ! Was so so disappointed .
ReplyDeleteI am so sorry this didn't work for you. I use this method often and the sponges always work and rise for me. maybe your oven is different? X
ReplyDeleteI made this cake for my daughter 20th birthday yesterday, it was out of this world and if I do say so my self looked pretty good for a first attempt .
ReplyDeleteso glad it worked out well for you x
ReplyDeleteJust tried this recipe for a birthday cake for my father in law unfortunately they didn't rise. Bit disappointing!
ReplyDeleteoh no :( I am so sorry. I am wondering why they didn't rise. i can understand why it was disappointing x
ReplyDeleteI'm going to try again tomorrow. In your recipe you said you had extra mixture I didn't when I put the mixture in the tins it didn't seem very much. I definitely followed the recipe hopefully they turn out better 2nd time round if not I'll just have lots of layers!
ReplyDeleteMine didn't rise either! Popped more frosting in the middle and it looked fine :)
ReplyDeleteoh no you too? i cannot understand it as i have used this recipe a few times now and it works every time. a friend of mine has made it twice and has not had a problem either. I will make it again soon and double check ingredient quantites. Only think I can think is that too much batter was added to the tins? I know there was a little too much leftover when I make it.
ReplyDeletei am sorry and i will investigate x
i hope it worked out today???? i feel terrible but i know it works and I know of people who it has worked for but then I know it hasnt either now. I feel awful. As i explained to Loops above I will be making it again next week, so i will double check everything this end too x x
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