Chocolate Finger cake extravaganza-Video presented by Miss Molly

My Favourite 11 year old, Molly, and I decided to make a show stopper of a cake to take with us when we visited her Grandma (Molly is the daughter of my BFF Rachel).  After a lot of debate, we decided on something chocolatey and surrounded with chocolate fingers.  We did a bit of research on line and found a recipe on www.goodtoknow.co.uk.  Their recipe covered the cake with Nutella and as neither Molly or I particularly like Nutella, we switched it for buttercream.  We also thought that it would be a good idea to add some raspberries as they go so well with chocolate and would be a token nod to making the recipe slightly healthier!

We both really enjoyed making this and the assembly of the cake was definitely the best bit.  I must confess that in the process of making the cake we made a right old mess of her mother’s kitchen.  However, the general consensus was that the results justified both the effort and the mess!

We decided to capture our efforts on video, beautifully presented by Molly.  You can see the results here.  The full recipe and instructions are provided below.

Heres the video guide to making this Chocolate Finger Extravaganza Cake:

To make the Chocolate finger cake extravaganza- you will need:

200g butter

200g caster sugar

4 medium eggs

150g self raising flour

50g cocoa powder

½ tsp baking powder

To decorate

Buttercream (made with 140g butter, 280g icing sugar, 1-2 tbsp milk, ½ tsp cocoa powder)

Chocolate fingers

Malteasers

Berries

2x 9 inch cake tins

Greaseproof paper

Instructions:

Pre-heat oven to 180C/ 350F/ gas mark 4

Line the cake tins with greaseproof paper

Pour all the ingredients into a bowl and whisk until combined

Pour the mix equally into the 2 tins

Bake in the oven for 25mins (until springy to touch)

Turn onto a wire rack and allow to cool

Spread the butter cream over the base cake and a layer of raspberries

Sandwich the cakes together and put on a serving plate

Spread the rest of the butter cream over the top of the cake and around the sides

Wipe the excess butter cream off the plate

Stick the chocolate fingers around the cake, pressing in firmly with the bottom of the fingers on the plate

Scatter the maltesers over the top of the cake and top with raspberries

Chill in the fridge before serving

Eat and enjoy!

here’s a look at the yummy inside of the cake!