Cadbury Flake Celebration Cake

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Melt the Dairy Milk chocolate gently either over a Bain-Marie or in the microwave on low heat in 15-second bursts. Stop heating when a few lumps still remain then stir until smooth and set aside to cool for 5 minutes.

Crumble the waffle cones and 2 Flake bars into a bowl. Halve all the remaining Flake bars to give two short pieces. Cover the cake with just under half of the ice cream; level it out. Scatter on the chocolate-waffle cone mixture then smooth over more ice cream, leaving a few spoonfuls for the top layer. Smooth again, then top with the second cake layer. Spread the remaining ice cream over the top, then cover with the halved Flakes, in whatever pattern you like. Cover the tin and return to the freezer for 6 hours to freeze solid. Give the cake an Easter theme by garnishing it with Cadbury’s Mini Eggs or some mini Creme Eggs (these look especially good when cut open). Put ⅓ of the buttercream into a small bowl. Crumble the Cadbury’s Flake into pieces and mix half of it into the ⅓ buttercream. Divide the buttercream in half and set aside one half. With the remaining half, divide the buttercream into 3 equal parts. Color each bowl of buttercream with sky blue gel food color, make one light blue, one medium blue and one dark blue. To be in keeping with the Dairy Milk theme of this cake, use only Cadbury’s Dairy Milk chocolate when making the buttercream. The recipe for the buttercream has been devised with this chocolate in mind. It includes less icing sugar to counterbalance the sweetness of this chocolate and a dash of cream to amplify its creamy nature.

Place the cake onto a baking sheet with edges and add white sanding sugar on the sides and sprinkle on top of the cake. Make a little extra buttercream and add a thin layer around the edge of the cake then press Cadbury’s Dairy Milk Fingers into it.

Turn the mixer on low and add half of the flour mixture to the butter mixture until fully incorporated. The lighter chocolate flavour makes it an ideal option for those who find many chocolate cakes too rich. This Snowflake cake is made with three light and fluffy semi-homemade vanilla cake layers filled with creamy vanilla buttercream and white chocolate snowflakes.

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Add a small amount of buttercream onto the center of the cake board. Layer one vanilla cake, cut side up onto cake board. Pipe a ring of dark blue buttercream in the center of the cake, followed by rings of medium blue buttercream and light blue buttercream. Use an offset spatula to smooth the buttercream layer. In a medium-size bowl, whisk and stir together the cake mix, all-purpose flour, and salt. Set aside. A single batch of this cake recipe makes three, 6-inch round cake layers or two 8-inch round cake layers. Double the cake recipe to make enough cake batter for three, 8-inch cake layers.

You’ll learn every step to make this snowflake cake at home. It starts with the foundation of a great cake recipe. That’s why I love this semi-homemade cake recipe; it begins with a vanilla cake mix that’s mixed with a pound cake that helps stabilize the cake when building three layers high. Plus, it’s perfect for beginners because it’s easy to follow directions. Divide equally between the cake tins (greased and lined) and bake until a skewer poked into the centre of the cake comes out clean. Not suitable for children under 36 months due to small parts that present a choking hazard.

Cadbury’s Dairy Milk is a brand of milk chocolate manufactured by Cadbury since 1905. Cadbury is a British company, first established in Birmingham in 1824. The Dairy Milk chocolate bar is their top-selling bar and it’s popular throughout the world, not just in the UK. Dairy Milk is made with at least 20% cocoa solids and copious amounts of milk ( a glass and a half as the advertising slogan boasts). Spread a thin layer of buttercream over the top of the cake then use the remainder to pipe 14 buttercream rosettes on top of the cake. Then I’ll walk you through how to make creamy vanilla buttercream that’s split into three bowls and colored with different shades of sky blue gel food coloring. This step gives the cake a unique ombre effect on the outside of the cake. But first I’ll show you how to fill the cake with the dark, medium and light shades of blue buttercream, so it’s pretty when you cut into the cake. Meanwhile beat the butter until smooth then sieve the icing sugar in, bit by bit, beating well between each addition.

Next, add 1 cup of white buttercream to a piping bag with a #806 round piping tip — pipe 10-12 round dollops on top of the cake.

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Using drinking chocolate powder in place of cocoa powder in a cake wasn’t something that had crossed my mind until reading that question. But I could immediately see the merits of it for producing an entirely different, less intense, chocolate offering. Each ingredient has its place and purpose in this Dairy Milk chocolate cake. Leaving things out or making substitutions is really not advisable. If in doubt about something please send me a message, I may be able to advise before baking commences. Read through all the ingredients and instructions so you can get a better idea of how much time and what you need to make this cake. Food coloring gets darker over time, so it’s best to gradually add the food coloring, which is best for lighter colors.