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Daim Cake

Keyword Baking, Cakes
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 22 minutes
Total Time 52 minutes
Servings 8 Slices

Ingredients

  • 375 g unsalted butter
  • 375 g caster sugar
  • 285 g self-raising flour
  • 15 g Cocoa Powder
  • 6 eggs
  • 4 Tbs whole milk
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract
  • 250 g unsalted butter
  • 565 g icing sugar
  • 15 g Cocoa Powder
  • Mini Daim Bars
  • 4 tbsp whole milk

Instructions

Cake

  • Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees/Gas 4. Grease three 20cm (8 inch) deep sandwich tins then line the base of each tin.
  • Add the cake ingredients to a bowl and beat until the mixture has become a smooth batter. Divide the cake mix equally between the prepared tins and level the surface.
  • Bake in the pre-heated oven for about 22 minutes or until well risen and the tops of the cakes spring back when lightly pressed with a finger. Leave to cool in the tins for a few minutes then turn out, peel off the parchment and finish cooling on a wire rack.

Buttercream

  • Beat the butter until it is light in colour (about 5 minutes) then slowly add the icing sugar then combined until it is fully incorporated.
  • Add in the cocoa powder and the milk and mix again, if the mixture is still stiff then add more milk until the butter cream is smooth.
  • Crush up a few mini daim bars by using a knife then using a palette knife spread the buttercream on the bottom layer of sponge and add a handful of crushed daim bars. Repeat this until the cake is assembled.
  • Once all three layers are stacked on top of each other, do a crumb coat around the outside of the cake and on the top. Put cake in the fridge for at least 30 minutes for the buttercream to set.
  • After the cake has been in the fridge, then start doing your top coat of buttercream. Once the cake is covered. decorate with the daim bars.