Double Layer Chocolate and Maltesers®
Celebration Cake
Maltesers Recipe
®
Prep:
30mins
Ingredients:
Method:
For the cake:
For the cake:
67g unsalted butter (room
temperature)
134g golden caster sugar
2 medium eggs
30g cocoa powder
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
114g plain flour
1 drop vanilla extract
107ml semi-skimmed milk
For the ganache icing:
175g Galaxy milk chocolate
(broken into small pieces)
175ml double cream
®
For the decoration:
88g Maltesers®
Black writing icing and red
coloured sugar balls or red writing
icing
Bake:
25-30mins
Serves:
15
Skill:
Medium
1. Preheat oven to 180˚c.
2. Beat the sugar and butter until light and fluffy.
3. Add the beaten eggs a little at a time, mixing thoroughly after each addition.
4. Gently beat in the vanilla extract, cocoa powder, baking powder and bicarbonate
of soda.
5. Add half the flour, all of the milk and the other half of the flour mixing well between
each addition to ensure everything is well combined.
6. Pour into the cake tins as evenly as possible and smooth with a palette knife.
7. Bake for 25-30 minutes.
8. Leave the cakes to cool a little in the tins before turning out onto a cooling
rack to cool completely.
For the ganache icing:
1. Heat the cream in a pan but don’t allow it to boil.
2. Remove from the heat and add the chocolate.
3. Stir until melted and smooth.
4. Allow to cool until thick.
Assembly:
1. Put one cake on a cake stand and spread 1/3 of the ganache over it and add
12-14 Maltesers® in a grid to support the second layer evenly.
2. Put the second cake on top and spread another layer of ganache.
3. Use the remaining ganache and Maltesers® to decorate the cake.
4. For an added comic relief bake sale affect, add red nose faces to a few of the
Maltesers® using the writing icing and sugar balls.
Guideline Daily Amount (per serving)
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Energy
Calories
Fat
Saturates
Sugars
Salt
857kJ
235kcal
15.1g
8.8g
15.4g
0.2g
10%
10%
22%
44%
17%
3%