This cake had so much in it I couldn't think what to name it so I've gone for Fat Cake - which is quite accurate! My challenge for Jimmy's birthday was to try to make him the best cake he had ever eaten - so my first thoughts were how many things can I combine in one cake!? I ended up creating a Chocolate cake, iced with more chocolate, topped with chocolate fingers and filled with Rocky Road style frosting. See recipe below at your peril!
Fat Cake Ingredients
6 oz Butter
4 oz Brown/Muscovado Sugar
2 oz Caster Sugar
3 eggs
6 oz Self Raising Flour
2 tbsp Cocoa Powder
Approx. 2 oz Cooking Chocolate
1 tsp Bicarbonate of Soda
Fat Cake Topping/Filling Ingredients
1 pack Cadburys Chocolate Fingers
Approx. 3oz Cooking Chocolate
2 oz Butter
2 oz Cream Cheese
4 oz Icing Sugar
1 block White Chocolate
1 share size bag of Smarties or any other sweets
1 bag Marshmallows
1. Cream the butter and sugar together with a fork or electric whisk.
2. Slowly add the eggs, beating with a wooden spoon.
3. Add the flour, cocoa powder and bicarbonate of soda, folding in with a metal spoon.
4. Line 2 round tins with baking paper and spoon mixture evenly into each tin. Bake at 180 C for 15-20 minutes.
5. While cake is cooking prepare the rocky road filling. Beat the butter, cream cheese and icing sugar together and mix in about 1 oz of the melted chocolate. Cut the marshmallows into small pieces, break the white chocolate up into pieces and mix that in along with the sweets.
6. Remove cake from oven and leave on wire rack to cool.
7. When cool, sandwich two sponges together with the rocky road filling and try not to eat it all while you do so!
8. Melt the remaining chocolate and spread over the top of the cake. Arrange the chocolate fingers on top and voila, done!
1 - there probably won't be any room for candles ( I balanced one on top!)
2 - I had to move the shelves in my fridge to get this to fit! It does need to be refrigerated because of the butter and cream cheese.
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