31.12.15

New Year cake difficulty **** #67 


Cuts into 10 
Preparing time: 60 minutes 
Cooking time: 25 minutes 

Ingredients:
  • 175 g slightly salted butter 
  • 175 g caster sugar 
  • 3 eggs 
  • 175 g self-raising flour 
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder 
  • 1-2 tablespoons milk 
For the buttercream 
  • 250 g unsalted butter, softened 
  • 325 g icing sugar 
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 
  • drop of pink colouring 
  • 2 teaspoons boiling water 
To finish 
  • 5 tablespoons strawberry jam 
  • 200 g small sweets, such as dolly mixtures, sugar sprinkles 




  1. Beat together the butter, sugar, eggs, flour and baking powder in a bowl until pale and creamy 
  2. Stir in a little milk so that mixture drops easily from the wooden spoon when tapped against the side of the bowl 
  3. Divide the mixture evenly between 2 greased, base-lined and floured 18 cm sandwich tins and level the surface
  4. Bake in a preheated oven, 180 C(350 F), Gas Mark 4, for about 25 minutes or until risen and just firm to the touch 
  5. Loosen the edges, turn out on to a wire rack and peel off the lining paper 
  6. Leave to cool 
  7. Make a buttercream 
  8. Beat together the butter and icing sugar in a bowl until pale and creamy 
  9. Add the vanilla, pink food colouring and measurement water and beat well 
  10. Sandwich the cakes together using jam and a quarter of the buttercream 
  11. Spread the remaining icing over the top and side of the cake 
  12. Scatter with the sweets and sugar sprinkles 
  13. Add several sparkler, if liked :-)
  14. Enjoy in the new year!
Happy New Year! 2016 :-) Welcome MMXVI

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