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White Chocolate Layered Butter Cake
185g butter, room temperature
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
1 ¾ cups caster sugar
4 eggs
1 ½ cups plain flour ¾ cup
2 teaspoons cocoa powder
¾teaspoon bicarbonate soda
¾cup milk
1.Preheat oven to moderately slow (160°C/140°C
2.Place ingredients in the Stainless Steel Mixing Bowl. Using the Scrapemaster™ spatula beater, mix on low speed (1) for about 30 seconds or until just combined. Increase to low speed (4) and beat for 1 minute. Pour mixture into prepared pan.
3.Bake for about 1 ½ hours or until cooked when tested with a skewer. Stand in pan for 5 minutes before turning onto a wire rack to cool.
4.When cool, split cake horizontally into 3 even sized disks. Layer and cover with white chocolate ganache. Top with fresh berries and chocolate curls to decorate.
White Chocolate Ganache
1 cup cream
600g white chocolate, chopped
1.Bring cream to boil in a medium saucepan and immediately remove from heat.
2.Stir through chocolate until melted. Cover; refrigerate, stirring occasionally until spreadable consistency.
Chocolate Chocoholic Cake
1 ½ cups water
2 ¼ cups caster sugar
185g butter, room temperature ¼ cup cocoa powder
¾teaspoon bicarbonate of soda 2 ¼ cups
3 eggs
1.Preheat oven to moderate (180°C/160°C
2.Combine water, sugar, butter, cocoa and soda in a large saucepan. Stir over heat without boiling until sugar dissolves and butter is melted. Bring to boil then reduce heat to low. Simmer uncovered for 4 minutes being careful the saucepan doesn’t overflow. Transfer to the Stainless Steel Mixing Bowl; cool to room temperature.
3.Add flour to the bowl. Using the Scrapemaster™ spatula beater, beat on low speed (1) until combined. Add eggs and beat on low speed (4) until combined. Pour mixture into prepared pan.
4.Bake for about 1 hour or until cooked when tested. Stand in pan for 5 minutes before turning onto a wire rack to cool. Top with rich fudge frosting.
Rich fudge frosting
90g butter
¹/³ cup water
½ cup caster sugar
1 ½ cups icing sugar mixture ¹/³ cup cocoa powder
1.Combine the butter, water, caster sugar in a small saucepan. Stir over low heat
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