Sister's Birthday Cake

Well I am trying to start making a few more cakes & since it was my sisters birthday on wednesday & she is having a BBQ tonight I offered to make a cake for her.  She loves chocolate, so I decided on a Chocolate cake.  This one is a Four layered chocolate cake with White Choc ganache & dark choc ganache in the layers.  Covered with dark chocolate ganache & topped with Maltesers. Mmmm, can't wait to cut into it tonight & will upload some photos of the layers tomorrow.  So here it is........

Okay, here is the dodgy photo after it had been cut into.

Here is the recipe that I used to make it.  I didn't use the packet mixes, but the option is there for you if you don't want to make the cake batter yourself, lol.

Recipe

2 quantities Homemade chocolate cake (see recipe below) or 2 x 370g packets of chocolate cake mix

600g Dark Chocolate, chopped

1 2/3  cups thickened cream

360g White chocolate, chopped

Bag of Maltesers to decorate

1. Preheat oven to 180*/160* fan forced. Grease two 20cm round cake pans. Line base & sides with baking paper.  Make cake mixture & divide between two pans.  Bake for 45mins or until cooked through.  Stand in pans for 5 mins & then turn onto wire rack to cool.

2. Place dark chocolate & one cup of cream into a glass microwave safe bowl.  Microwave on medium (50%) for 2-3mins, stirring every 30sec with a metal spoon, or until smooth.  Transfer ¾ cup of the mixtureto a bowl, refrigerate till thickened.  Set aside remaining mixture at room temp.

3. Place white chocolate & remaining cream in a microwave safe bowl.  Microwave on medium (50%) for 1-2 mins, stirring every 30secs.  Transfer to bowl & refrigerate till thickened.

4. Using a serrated knife, cut each cake horizontally in half.  Place base on board, spread half the white ganache over cake. Top with second layer cake, spread with all refrigerated dark choc ganache. Top with another cake layer, spread the remaining white ganache.  Top with last cake half. Spread top & side of cake with the room temp dark chocolate ganache.  Decorate with chocolate balls. Serve

Homemade chocolate Cake

125g butter, softened

¾ cup caster sugar

2 eggs, lightly beaten

1 ¼ cups Self Raising Flour, sifted

¼ cup cocoa, sifted

½ cup milk

1.  Using an electric beater, beat butter & sugar till light & fluffly.  Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.  Stir in flour, cocoa & milk till combined.  Bake in oven.