Amazing Chocolate Speckled Cake

Move over, bunny! Weve got Easter covered with this choc-speckled, nest-topped beauty.

The ingredient of Amazing Chocolate Speckled Cake

• 375g unsalted butter chopped at room temperature
• 270g 1 1 4 cups caster sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 300g 2 cups self raising flour
• 75g 1 2 cup plain flour
• 300g carton sour cream
• 200g dark cooking chocolate coarsely grated
• 300g unsalted butter chopped at room temperature
• 270g 1 3 4 cups icing sugar mixture sifted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 100g white chocolate melted cooled
• wilton sky blue icing color paste to tint
• wilton teal icing color paste to tint
• 1 teaspoon cocoa powder
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 150ml thickened cream
• 100g dark chocolate chopped

The Instruction of amazing chocolate speckled cake

• preheat the oven to 180c 160c fan forced grease 3 round 20cm cake pans with melted butter line the bases with baking paper
• use electric beaters to beat the butter and sugar in a bowl until pale and creamy add the eggs 1 at a time beating well after each addition beat in the vanilla extract gradually fold in the combined flours and the sour cream in alternating batches until the mixture is smooth and combined fold in the grated chocolate divide evenly among the prepared pans and smooth the surface of each bake for 35 40 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centres of the cakes comes out clean transfer to wire racks to cool in the pans for 5u00a0minutes then turn out onto wire racks to cool completely
• for the buttercream use electric beaters to beat the butter icing sugar and vanilla in a bowl until pale and creamy beat in the white chocolate until smooth and combined use a skewer to add a little of each food paste and mix well to tint a duck egg blue
• place 1 cake on a serving board and top with a little buttercream continue layering with the remaining cakes and buttercream spread a thin layer of the remaining buttercream over the top and side of the cake this is called a crumb layer place in the fridge for 10 minutes spread the remaining buttercream over the top and side in a thicker layer smooth the surface place in the fridge for 1 hour until firm
• for the speckle mix combine the cocoa and vanilla in a small bowl cover the floor and bench with a dropsheet or newspaper dip a small stiff pastry brush or unused paintbrush in speckle mix and flick over cake to create a speckled look reserve remaining speckle mix for eggs see note place cake in the fridge for 15 minutes to chill
• for the ganache bring the cream just to the boil in a small saucepan over low heat place chocolate in a small heatproof bowl and pour over the cream set aside for 5 minutes stir until smooth set aside to cool until the consistency of thickened cream use a spoon to drizzle the ganache over top of cake letting it drip down sides set aside for 15u00a0minutes to set slightly
• decorate the cake with the noodle nest and choc speckled eggs see note

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