Sunday 8 June 2014

Malteser Cake Recipe!

This is a recipe which is from Jo Wheatley, the series 2 winner of the Great British Bake Off. I absolutely love her recipes and have both her books. This cake is a favourite of mine and I have made it so many times. It is from her first book A Passion For Baking. I have made this a lot at George's dads and I think I might have actually only made it once in the flat, if at all! 
Here are the ingredients and the method. I have adapted them to suit me as can you. 

Ingredients:
225g unsalted butter, softened
225g sugar
4 large eggs, beaten
1 tsp vanilla extract
200g self raising flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
30g cocoa
2 tbsp full fat milk
100g of dark chocolate, melted. I don't always add this and it turns out exactly the same

Ganache:
200g dark chocolate
100g milk chocolate
250ml double cream

Topping:
Maltesers or any other sort of chocolate/sweets. I've used galaxy counters and minstrels before

Method - Cake. 
1. Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees. 
2. You can use a mixer or just your hands! In a bowl cream the butter and sugar together until fluffy. Add beaten eggs and vanilla extract. 
3. Add flour, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder, cocoa and milk. I sometimes need to add a little bit more milk when I am mixing. 
4. Mix until combined then add the melted chocolate. 
5. Divide between two prepared cake tins. They need to be greased or lined with baking paper. 
6. Bake in a pre-heated oven for about 25 minutes or until a skewer comes away clean.
7. Leave the cakes to cool on a wire rack. 

Method - Ganache.
1. Finely chop the dark and milk chocolate and add to a saucepan with the double cream. Leave over a low heat to melt and stir until smooth. 
2. Pour ganache into a dish, leave to cool then chill in the fridge. 
3. To assemble the cake, spread half the ganache onto one layer of the cake and then add the next layer. 
4. The middle and top of the cake should be filled and covered with ganache, you can now add sweets and chocolate!
I didn't get the best pictures of this I know but it tasted too good to not blog about!

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