Recipe

Spotty cakes

Kids will love these fun spotty chocolate cakes, ideal for a party.

Oct 31, 2012 1:00pm
  • 30 mins cooking
  • Serves 10
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Ingredients

Spotty cakes
  • 150 gram butter, softened
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 1/4 cup (275g) caster sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 1/2 cup (225g) self-raising flour
  • 3/4 cup (110g) plain flour
  • 3/4 cup (180ml) milk
  • 2 tablespoon cocoa powder
  • 2 tablespoon milk, extra
  • 1 cup (190g) dark chocolate chips
  • 1 cup (190g) white chocolate chips
Chocolate buttercream
  • 125 gram butter, softened
  • 1 cup (160g) icing sugar mixture
  • 2 tablespoon cocoa
  • 1 1/2 tablespoon milk
  • white chocolate chips, extra, for decorating

Method

Spotty cakes
  • 1
    烤箱预热到180摄氏度(160摄氏度fan-forced)。Grease two deep 20cm square cake pans; line the base and sides with baking paper.
  • 2
    Beat the butter, vanilla extract and sugar in a medium bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time. Stir in the sifted flours and milk in 2 batches.
  • 3
    Divide the mixture between two bowls. Add the sifted cocoa and extra milk to one of the mixtures; leave the remaining mixture plain. Stir the dark chocolate chips into the plain mixture, and white chocolate chips into the cocoa mixture.
  • 4
    Spoon the mixtures into the prepared pans. Bake for about 30 minutes or until cooked when tested. Stand the cakes in pans for 5 minutes before turning, top-side up, onto wire racks to cool.
  • 5
    Meanwhile, to make chocolate buttercream, beat the butter in a small bowl with an electric mixer until as light as possible. Beat in the sifted icing sugar, cocoa and milk in two batches.
  • 6
    Spread chocolate buttercream over the cakes and sprinkle with extra white chocolate chips, if desired. Cut cakes into small squares.

Notes

Suitable to freeze. Not suitable to microwave.

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