The Royal Pastry Chefs have provided this delicious chocolate birthday cake recipe in honour of Queen Elizabeth II’s 94th Birthday on 21 April 2020.

Ingredients

Cake sponges:

• 15g vinegar
• 300ml milk
• 50ml vegetable oil
• 60g butter (melted and cool)
• 2 eggs
• 5ml of vanilla essence
• 250g of self-raising flour
• 75g of cocoa powder
• 300g caster sugar
• 10g bicarbonate of soda
• 100g white chocolate chips
• cupcake cases

Buttercream Topping:

• 90g of high percentage dark chocolate
• 100g butter
• 125g icing sugar

Note: Royal icing can be used instead of buttercream, which is available, pre-made, in shops and supermarkets*.
Add food colouring to create different colours.

*Royal Icing is available in Australia at Woolworths.

Method

Cake sponge:

• Preheat the oven to 150ºC
• Combine the flour, sugar, cocoa powder and bicarbonate of soda into a mixing bowl
• Whisk the eggs in a separate jug, with the vanilla essence, melted butter, oil, milk and vinegar
• Slowly add the wet mixture into the dry mixture, little by little
• Ensure the batter is smooth with no lumps
• Finally add the chocolate chips (alternatives could be nuts, dried fruit)
• Lay the cupcake cases onto a tray
• Use a metal spoon to equally divide the mixture into the cases
• Bake for around 15-18 minutes, take out of the oven when golden and springy on touch
• Leave to cool

Buttercream icing:

• Cream the sugar and butter together, until light and creamy
• Add in the warm melted chocolate
• If you have a piping bag to hand, pipe the icing on the top of cakes for decoration (otherwise gently use a teaspoon or small spatula to ice)

Royal icing:

• If decorating with royal icing, roll the icing out and cut into circular disks
• Lay the disc over the cupcake and mould to the required shape

Serves approximately 15.

Source: The Royal Family/Chocolate Birthday Cake Recipe

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