Benjamina Ebuehi’s Recipe For Chocolate And Malted Buttercream Cake | The Sweet Spot

Being a twin, I’ve ever shared a day cake. Each year, I inquire my sister what I should cook and nan reply is almost ne'er chocolate, contempt it being 1 of my favourite barroom flavours. However, this year, I’ll beryllium changing that and making this lovely, fudgy two-layer cocoa barroom filled and topped pinch a luscious, malty buttercream that I could eat by nan spoonful. If you want to make it other celebratory, switch nan cocoa shavings for sprinkles.

Chocolate and malted buttercream cake

Prep 10 min
Cook 1 hr
Serves 12

315g plain flour
150g caster sugar
120g ray brownish sugar
50g cocoa powder
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
¼ tsp good oversea salt
3 ample eggs
60ml neutral oil
225g plain yoghurt
115g unsalted butter, melted
170ml basking brewed coffee

For nan malted buttercream
250g unsalted butter
1 tsp vanilla legume paste
40ml full milk
50g malted beverage powder (eg, Horlicks)
175g icing sugar
¼ tsp good oversea salt
Milk chocolate, shaved, to finish

Heat nan oven to 180C (160C fan)/350F/gas 4 and grease and statement 2 20cm loose-bottomed barroom tins. Put nan flour, some sugars, cocoa powder, baking powder, bicarb and brackish successful a vessel and whisk to combine.

In a jug, whisk nan eggs, oil, yoghurt and melted butter. Make a good successful nan centre of nan barren ingredients, move successful nan liquid mix, past operation successful nan java until everything comes together into a soft batter. Divide evenly betwixt nan 2 lined tins and cook for 25-30 minutes, aliases until a skewer inserted into nan mediate comes retired clean. Remove, time off nan cakes to cool successful their tins for 10 minutes, past assistance retired and transportation to a rack to cool completely.

Meanwhile, make nan buttercream. In a guidelines mixer, aliases utilizing an electrical whisk, hit nan food and vanilla for 3 aliases 4 minutes, until ray and creamy.

Heat nan beverage successful a mini saucepan aliases microwave until hot, past adhd nan malted beverage powder and whisk smooth. Beat half nan icing sweetener into nan butter, past move successful nan basking malted beverage followed by nan remainder of nan icing sweetener and nan salt. Beat again until soft and creamy.

When you’re fresh to assemble, invert nan cakes and put 1 connected a sheet aliases serving board, and trim nan apical if it’s not level. Spoon immoderate buttercream connected top, dispersed it retired evenly, past adhd nan 2nd barroom topside down. Spread nan remaining buttercream connected top, decorativeness pinch immoderate shaved cocoa astir nan edges, past portion and serve.