Millionaire Shortbread Cake
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About the bake
This amazing recipe for Millionaire Shortbread Cake is sure to impress. The gorgeous combination of toffee caramel and chocolate makes a winning combination. Three tiers of moreish sponge, chocolate buttercream and toffee sauce means this is a great recipe for a celebration.
Method
Step 1
Pre-heat the oven to 180°C/160°C Fan and line three 20cm/8" round cake tins with baking parchment.
Step 2
Beat together the butter and light brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add in the eggs, flour and baking powder and beat until combined. Divide the mixture between the three cake tins and bake for 25-30minutes. The cakes should be lightly golden in colour and a skewer should come out clean.
Ingredients for this step
- 400gUnsalted butter (softened)
- 400gBillington's Light Brown Soft Sugar
- 400gAllinson's Self-Raising White Flour
- 8Medium free range eggs
- 2 tspBaking powder
Step 3
Leave the cakes to cool in their tins for 5-10 minutes and then remove and leave to cool fully on a wire rack. While the cakes are cooling you can start on the buttercream. Beat the butter for a couple of minutes to soften it and then gradually add in the icing sugar until it is fully combined and the texture is smooth.
Ingredients for this step
- 175gUnsalted butter (softened)
- 325gSilver Spoon Icing Sugar
- 40gCocoa powder
Step 4
Add the Cocoa Powder to the buttercream and continue mixing. Make sure you get all of the cocoa powder incorporated. If the buttercream feels too stiff, add a tsp of boiling water to loosen it up.
Step 5
Assemble the cake - on the first layer of the cake, pipe the chocolate buttercream using a a star nozzle and then drizzle some of the toffee sauce on top. Repeat again with the second layer.
If you want to make your own sauce - why not try our Salted Caramel Sauce Recipe.
On the top layer, pipe on the rest of the chocolate buttercream and drizzle over some more toffee sauce. Add some Millionaires Shortbread Bites and sprinkle on some crushed Lotus biscuits.
Delicious
Ingredients
For the Cake
- 400gUnsalted butter (softened)
- 400gBillington's Light Brown Soft Sugar
- 8Medium free range eggs
- 400gAllinson's Self-Raising White Flour
- 2 tspBaking powder
For the Chocolate Buttercream
- 175gUnsalted butter (softened)
- 325gSilver Spoon Icing Sugar
- 40gCocoa powder
For the Decoration
- A drizzleTreat toffee sauce
- 6Millionaire's shortbread bites
- 5Lotus biscuits (crushed)