Well we've all seen it doing the rounds, the picture of that amazing cake, with the KitKats around the outside and the little pink piggies swimming in the chocolate mud.
Well I couldn't resist it any longer and so I had to give it a go myself, and what better excuse than a colleagues birthday and my cake Thursday at work (every Thursday we take it in turns to bring in cake, amazing idea in principle, but not great for waistlines!)
So having looked at a multitude of pictures of this cake, I decided that unlike the majority I would go against a chocolate cake hidden under a chocolate exterior, there is after all such a thing as "too much" well apparently anyway.
So to make the sponge, I used one and a half times my standard cupcake mixture and baked at gas mark 4 for 40 minutes.
Once cooled I sandwiched these together with butter cream.
I then used chocolate butter cream to secure the KitKats around the outside of the cake, and tied a ribbon round them to keep them in place. Then place in the fridge to set while you do the next step.
Melt 200g Chocolate into 200g Double Cream in boil over a saucepan of boiling water, once these have mixed, leave to cool not too runny. Then you can pour the mixture onto the top of the cake.
Then place in the fridge to set a little while you make the pigs.
Use fondant icing to make your little piggies. You can buy the perfect pink for it, saving the hassle of colouring white.
Once the chocolate mixture has nearly set, then you can add your piggies to the cake.
Then leave in the fridge to set completely. I left mine over night, and then had the hard task of ensuring that it survived my hour commute to the office!
Then enjoy!!!
Delicious!!!
Happy Baking.
Muffin Minx
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