Chocolate Cake
Ingredients:
- 200g dark chocolate, roughly chopped
- 250g unsalted butter softened
- 1 1/2 cups caster sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 eggs
- 2 cups plain flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 1/2 cup almond meal
- 1/3 cup cocoa, sifted
Method:
- Preheat oven to 160 degrees, grease and line base and sides of 23cm cake pan
- Place chocolate and 60g of butter in heatproof bowl over pan of gently simmering water
- Stir occasionally until melted, then set aside to cool
- Place sugar and remaining butter in electric mixer and beat until pale anf fluffy
- Beat in vanille extract, then add eggs one at a time, beating after each until combined
- Beat in the cooled chocolate mixture
- In separate bowl, sift together flour, baking powder and bicarbonate, then add almond meal
- In 3rd bowl, combine cocoa powder and 2/3 cup of boiling water
- Gradually fold the dry ingredients into chocolate mixture, alternating with cocoa mixture, until combined
- Pour mixture into prepared pan and bake in oven for 1 hour, check if skewer comes out clean
- Remove from oven, allow to cool slightly, remove pan collar, allow to cool completely
Red Velvet Cake
Ingredients:
- 180g butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups caster sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract and bicarbonate soda
- 2 eggs
- 2 1/2 cups self-raising flour
- 2 tbs cocoa powder
- 1 cup butter milk
- 1 tbs white vinegar and red liquid food colouring
Method:
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees, grease and line cake pan with baking paper
- Use electric mixer to beat butter, sugar and vanilla in large bowl until pale and creamy
- Add eggs, flour, cocoa powder and buttermilk, until well combined
- Add vinegar, bicarbonate soda and food colouring, sitr to combine
- Spoon mixture evenly in pan, smooth surface, bake for25-30 minutes. then remove and cool
- Use fresh strawberries, raspberries and blueberries to decorate on top of icing
Layered Rainbow Cake
Ingredients:
- 2 x 340g packets golden butter cake mix
- 8 egg whites
- 4 cups caster sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Blue, green, red, orange, yellow, pink food colouring
- 1/2 tsp 100s and 1000s
Method:
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees or 160 fan forced, grease cake pan, line base and sides with baking paper
- Prepare 3 packets of butter cake mix and split each into 3 so you have 9
- Add different food colouring to each section as wanted
- Bake each batter for 25 minutes, rotating halfway through cooking
- Remove cakes from pans after 5 minutes, then turn out on wire to cool
- Make frosting by placing egg whites, vanilla, sugar and 1/4 cup cold water in large heatproof bowl
- Whisk to combine, place bowl over saucepan of simmering water
- Use electric hand mixer, beat egg white mixture for 15 minutes or until stiff peaks form
- Remove bowl from heat, beat until cooled
- Place each cake on a board and spread icing between each layer
- Spread remaining icing on top and on sides of cake. then sprinkle with 100s and 1000s