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Chocolate Buttercream Icing Layer Cake

Name: Chocolate Buttercream Icing Layer Cake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 3 cups plain flour; 2 cups Chelsea White Sugar; ½ cup cocoa; 2 tsp bicarbonate soda; 1 tsp salt; ¾ cup sunflower or vegetable oil; 2 tbs white vinegar; 2 tsp vanilla essence; 2 cups cold water; Buttercream Icing; 1 ½ cups Chelsea Icing Sugar (225g); 2 Tbsp cocoa powder; 50g butter, softened; 2-3 Tbsp hot water; Maltesers, to serve

Preparation

30 mins

Bake

1 hours 10 mins

Difficulty

Moderate

Servings

Rich, moist layers of cake are held together with a decadent chocolate buttercream icing. This is the ultimate celebration cake – easy to make but impressive to serve.

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Ingredients
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Ingredients

3 cups plain flour
2 cups Chelsea White Sugar
½ cup cocoa
2 tsp bicarbonate soda
1 tsp salt
¾ cup sunflower or vegetable oil
2 tbs white vinegar
2 tsp vanilla essence
2 cups cold water

Buttercream Icing

1 ½ cups Chelsea Icing Sugar (225g)
2 Tbsp cocoa powder
50g butter, softened
2-3 Tbsp hot water
Maltesers, to serve

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Method

Preheat the oven to 160°C fan-forced. Grease and line the base of a 22cm or 23cm cake pan.

Sift the dry ingredients together into a bowl and mix to combine. Make three deep wells in the mixture with the base of a measuring cup or spoon. Pour the oil into one well, vinegar into the second and vanilla into the third. Pour cold water over the top and stir well with a fork or whisk. Pour into the cake pan.

Bake for 1 hr and 10 mins, or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake come out clean with only some moist crumbs sticking to it. Allow to cool for 10 mins, then gently remove from the pan onto a cooking rack. Cool completely.

Place Chelsea Icing Sugar and cocoa powder in a medium bowl and stir to combine. Add softened butter and pour some of the hot water over the top. Mix together with a knife or spatula, adding more water as required to achieve a smooth, spreadable consistency.

To assemble, slice cake in half horizontally. Place bottom half on a plate and spoon chocolate buttercream icing on top. Repeat with another layer of cake and icing. Using a hot knife or spatula, smooth icing around the sides roughly to create a 'naked' look. Top with halved Maltesers.