Vanilla and Chocolate three tiered cake

Mouth watering treat


Ingredients

  • 12oz Sugar
  • 12oz Butter
  • 6 Eggs
  • 4tsp Vanilla extract
  • 10oz self-raising flour
  • 1oz cocoa powder
  • 600g icing sugar
  • 300g butter
  • Any colour of food colouring you like
  • sprinkles

Method

  1. Preheat your oven to 180ºC/ gas mark 4 and line three, 8 inch tins with baking parchment.
  2. Mix together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
  3. Beat the eggs and vanilla extract in a separate bowl and add to the mixture.
  4. Add the flour and mix.
  5. Separate the mixture equally into two separate bowls adding the cocoa powder into one of the bowls and mix.
  6. Pour the chocolate mixture into one of the tins and the vanilla mixture into the other two tins.
  7. Bake for 20-30 minuets or until a knife comes out clean.
  8. Whilst the cakes are cooling you can make the buttercream icing. Click here to make your own
  9. Add a few drops of food colouring into the buttercream and mix until you get your desired colour.
  10. Using a palate knife spread the icing between the layers and around the whole cake until fully covered (You may have to do a crumb coat first then another layer of icing).
  11. Using a star nozzle pipe some patterns onto the cake and add sprinkles.
  12. Serve and enjoy!

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