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15Total Time
25Prep Time
40Bake Time
20Serves
Easy

Chocolate Smarties Cake

6 Reviews

  • Vegetarian

About the bake

The base of the cake is a simple chocolate sponge cake which we've decorated with Smarties. Smarties are really easy to stick onto the cake because we've included a little golden syrup into the icing mixture. The smarties stick really well and don't bleed on the icing. Don't worry if you haven't got any Smarties, you can always use M&Ms or Skittles, just use your imagination. Lining up the Smarites in a uniform way across the cake makes for a lovely rainbow effect.

15Total Time
25Prep Time
40Bake Time
20Serves
Easy

Method

  1. Step 1:

    Preheat the oven to 180°C (160°C, 350°F, gas mark 4). Grease and line a 20cm square baking tin.

  2. Step 2:

    Mix the cocoa with the boiling water. Stir in the bicarbonate of soda and set aside to cool.

  3. Step 3:

    Whisk the eggs, sugar, oil and vanilla in a mixing bowl until blended. Fold in the flour and the cocoa mixture until smooth.

  4. Step 4:

    Pour into the tin and bake for 40 minutes until risen and firm to the touch. Cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool.

  5. Step 5:

    For the icing, melt the butter and golden syrup together with 1 tbsp water. Beat in the icing sugar, to make a smooth icing. Add a little extra boiling water if needed. Spread over top and sides of the cool cake.

  6. Step 6:

    Decorate the top and sides with a pattern of Smarties and leave to set.

Ingredients

  • For the Cake

    • 75g Cocoa powder
    • 200ml Boiling water
    • 3 tsp Bicarbonate of soda
    • 4 Eggs
    • 370g Billington's Unrefined Dark Muscovado Sugar
    • 180ml Sunflower oil
    • 1 tsp Nielsen-Massey Vanilla Extract
    • 275g Allinson's Self Raising White Flour
  • For the Decoration

    • 2 tbsp Cocoa powder
    • 50g Unsalted butter (softened)
    • 2 tbsp Silver Spoon Golden Syrup
    • 300g Silver Spoon Icing Sugar
    • 300g Chocolate decorations (approx 8 tubes)

Utensils

  • 20cm square baking tin
  • Mixing bowl
  • Whisk
  • Cooling rack

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