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Emoji Cake

Course Dessert
Cuisine British
Keyword Baking, Cakes
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 8 slices

Ingredients

Cake

  • 150 g Caster Sugar
  • 150 g Butter
  • 3 Eggs
  • 150 g Self-Raising Flour
  • 1 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1 tsp Orange Extract
  • Orange Food Colouring
  • Blue Food Colouring
  • Green Food Colouring
  • Pink Food Colouring
  • Purple Food Colouring

Buttercream

  • 150 g Unsalted Butter
  • 300 g Icing Sugar
  • 1 tsp Orange Extract
  • 3 tbsp Double Cream

Decoration

  • Yellow Fondant
  • Red Fondant
  • Black Fondant

Instructions

Cake

  • Pre-heat the oven to 160 degrees/gas mark 3. Line 5 x 6 inch cake tins with baking parchment.
  • Cream the butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy then add the orange extract until fully incorporated.
  • Add each egg until fully combined then add the flour until fully incorporated. Split the mixture into 5 bowls.
  • Add a colour to each bowl of mixture and mix until the mixture is fully coloured. Add each mixture to each tin.
  • Bake the cakes for 15 - 20 minutes in the oven and once cooked leave to fully cool.

Buttercream

  • Cream the butter until it is pale in colour then add the orange extract.
  • Gradually add the icing sugar until fully incorporated then add the double cream until incorporated.

Decoration

  • Dust the surface with cornflour and roll out the red fondant and cut out your two love heart eyes. Then roll out the black fondant and create your mouth.
  • Add a little bit of buttercream to the cake board then add your first sponge and top with a layer of buttercream and repeat process until all cakes are stacked.
  • Do a crumb coat around the cake and scrap any excess buttercream off to ensure a flat surface.
  • Dust the surface again and roll out your yellow fondant then flip the fondant on to the cake. Using a fondant smoother, smooth the fondant down and around the cake to ensure it is fully covered.
  • Once the cake is fully covered, using a little bit of water stick the heart eyes and mouth to the top of the cake.