Ferrero rocher

Hiya guys, so this is a cake i made for my grandparents wedding anniversary. Its a vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream and apricot jam between the two layers. There are chocolate crunch sprinkles along the side and a ferrero rocher per slice.

Ingredients:

500g butter

500g sugar

500g self raising flour

10 eggs

3-4 tsp vanilla essence 

3 tbsp water 

Decoration:

Ferrero rocher

A few tbsp of apricot jam

Buttercream:

750g icing sugar

375g butter 

2-3 tsp vanulla essence 

Method:

1.preheat the oven the 180 degrees and line a large roasting tin with butter/ greaseproof paper/ baking spray 

2. Cream the butter and sugar together and then add the eggs vanilla and water

3. Fold in the flour until light and fluffy

4. Pour the mixture in the roasting tin and bake at 165-170 degrees for 35-40 minutes

5. Leave to cool and make the buttercream (check my other pos on how to make buttercream)

6. If the cake is burnt on the sides or on top cut it off. Also cut the cake in half horizontally to make two layers

7. Then you need to spread the apricot jam for in between the cake and spread buttercream around the cake, this can be messy as you are going to cover the sides with the sprinkles and the top with ferrero rochers 

8. Make faint lines with a knit so you make a small section  of cake per person

9. Now comes the fun part, throw the sprinkles on to the side. Make sure your hand is close to the cake when you throw the sprinkles and also have a tray under the cake so it catches any spare sprinkles

10. Lastly, place a ferrero rocher on each section of cake  

I hope that this post helped check out my other posts for some more interesting ideas for your own cakes.

Victoria sponge

Hi guys, so for this cake i had to make it for my catering afternoon tea exam and i think my family got a bit tired of eating cake for the past few weeks before my exam as i had to practise it so many time so i would get it perfect for my exam. Well it all payed off as i got an A* :D So im guessing you want to know how to make it, so here you go:

Ingredients:

300g butter 

300g caster sugar

300g self raising flour 

6 eggs 

1-2 tsp vanilla essence

330ml of double cream

1-2 boxes of big fresh strawberries

2-3 tsp icing sugar for dusting

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and then line two 7"

 tins with butter/ greaseproof paper/ baking spray

2. Cream the butter and sugar together and then add the eggs and vanilla essence

3. Fold in the flour and mix the mixture together until fluffy

4. Separate the mixture into the two tins and then place in the oven putting the temperature down to 165- 175 degrees

5. After 20 minutes the cake should be done take  it out and let it cool down 

6. Whilst its cooling down whip the double cream until its light also chop the strawberries into half 

7. Once the cakes have cooled down spread the whipped cream on the cake ad place half a strawberry on like the picture 

8. Place the other cake on top and dust with icing sugar and place any remainder strawberries on the top o the cake 

9. Present the cake on a nice dish if serving for an afternoon tea or a party.Thank you for reading have a looks at some of my other posts.