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Reindeer cake
Prep Time: 60 mins | Cook Time: 60 mins | Serves: 12
chocolate cake layers
• 4 cups White Wings Self Raising our
• 3/4 cup cocoa powder
• 2 cups CSR Caster Sugar
• 8 eggs
• 2 x 500 butter melted
or meadowLea
• 2 tsp vanilla essence
preparation
1 Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan forced).
2 Sift our, cocoa and sugar into large bowl before adding eggs, melted butter and vanilla essence. Whisk with a hand mixer or whisk until lump free.
3 Divide mixture evenly between 4 greased and paper lined round springform cake tins (20cm). Bake for 25-35 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Leave in tin for 10 minutes before releasing and cooling on a rack.
hack chocolate chocolate cake layers Buttercream
• 2 x 535g White Wings Rich • 250g butter, softened Chocolate Cake packets • 2 cups CSR Icing
• 4 eggs Sugar mixture
• 350ml water • 1/2 cup cocoa powder • 120g butter, softened • 1/4 cup milk
preparation preparation
decorations
Premade coloured fondant can be purchased at most supermarkets or at cake decorator stores.
1 Use black fondant to make eyes and lashes. Use a red Christmas bauble for the nose
2 Make antlers from gold cardboard and attach a bamboo skewer. Insert antlers into the top of the cake.
3 Pipe remaining buttercream to create hair between ears and antlers.
1 Follow packet instructions 1 and divide mixture evenly between 2 greased and paper lined round springform cake
tins (20cm). Bake to instructions. Rest in tin for 10 minutes 2 before releasing and cooling
on a rack. Once cooled, cut
cakes in half horizontally to
make 4 chocolate cake discs.
Using electric mixer, beat butter in a large bowl until pale, gradually adding icing sugar, cocoa and milk until combined and thick.
Stack the cake discs with
a thin layer of icing (1cm) between each. Spread remaining icing over the top and sides of the cake stack then smooth over with a palette knife. Transfer remaining icing to a piping bag with a large star nozzle for decorating. Refrigerate to harden icing.
TIP: Download our antler template from www.whitewings.com.au
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