{"id":474,"date":"2023-06-04T11:17:49","date_gmt":"2023-06-04T11:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/?p=474"},"modified":"2023-09-21T05:08:23","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T05:08:23","slug":"chocolate-fingers-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/04\/chocolate-fingers-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Fingers Cake recipes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ingredients<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For the cake<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>220&nbsp;g (1 and \u00be cups)&nbsp;plain flour<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>350&nbsp;g (1 and \u00be cups)&nbsp;caster sugar&nbsp;superfine sugar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>65&nbsp;g (\u00be cup)&nbsp;cocoa powder<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1&nbsp;tsp&nbsp;baking powder<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2&nbsp;tsp&nbsp;bi-carbonate soda<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1&nbsp;tsp&nbsp;salt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>250&nbsp;g (1 cup)&nbsp;buttermilk<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>125&nbsp;g (\u00bd cup)&nbsp;vegetable oil<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2&nbsp;eggs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1&nbsp;tsp&nbsp;vanilla extract<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>250&nbsp;g&nbsp;coffee&nbsp;2 espresso shots or 3 tsp coffee granules mixed with 250g water<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For the frosting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>250&nbsp;g&nbsp;unsalted butter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>360&nbsp;g&nbsp;icing sugar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>65&nbsp;g (\u00be cup&nbsp;cocoa powder<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>45&nbsp;g&nbsp;milk<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1&nbsp;tsp&nbsp;vanilla extract<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00bd&nbsp;tsp&nbsp;salt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">To decorate<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>800&nbsp;g&nbsp;chocolate finger biscuits&nbsp;I used Cadbury brand (or replace with Kit Kats)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>your choice of chocolates and lollies&nbsp;chocolate freckles, marshmallows, crispy M&amp;Ms, Maltesers, Bounty bars, chocolate honeycomb, chocolate pops, strawberries and cream lollies, mini meringues etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Instructions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">To make the cake<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Preheat oven to 170 degrees celsius (fan-forced).&nbsp;Grease a 23cm round tin and set aside.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sift the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, bi-carbonate soda and salt into a bowl and set aside.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Using beaters or a stand mixer, mix the buttermilk, oil, room temperature eggs and vanilla in a large bowl until well combined.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Slowly add all of the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients with the mixer on low. Pour in the coffee and mix until well combined.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pour the batter into the prepared tin and bake for approximately 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean (don&#8217;t overcook the cake &#8211; you want it to be nice and fudge-like!).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Allow to cool completely.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>To make the frosting<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Beat the butter on high speed until smooth and creamy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reduce the speed to low and slowly add in the icing sugar as well as the cocoa powder. Beat until combined.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Turn the mixer up to medium speed and add in the vanilla extract, milk and salt.&nbsp;Beat on high speed for 1 minute.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>To decorate<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Place the chocolate mud cake onto a serving plate or board.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spread the frosting generously over the sides and top of the cake.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Press the chocolate fingers (or Kit Kats) firmly in place all around the sides.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use the chocolate fingers to create &#8216;dividers&#8217; on top of the cake (use as many &#8216;dividers&#8217; as you need depending on the number of different chocolate\/lollies planning you have).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fill each section with a different type of chocolate or lolly.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add a mini meringue to the centre of the cake.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use the ribbon to tie a bow around the cake.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients For the cake For the frosting To decorate Instructions To make the cake To make the frosting To decorate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kids-special","category-vegan-birthday-cake"],"Cooking_time":"45 minutes","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/10-1.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1310,"href":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474\/revisions\/1310"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}