Name: Triple Chocolate Celebration Cake
Yield: Serves 10–12
Ingredients: 350 g (12 oz/1½ cups/3 sticks) unsalted butter, softened; 350 g (12 oz/1¾ cups) caster (superfine) sugar; 150 ml (5 fl oz/scant ⅔ cup) double (heavy) cream; 150 g (5½ oz/⅔ cup/1¼ sticks) unsalted butter; 350 g (12 oz/3 cups) icing (powdered) sugar; 150 g (5¼ oz) milk chocolate, broken into small pieces; 40 g (1½ oz/3 tbsp) butter; 2 tbsp golden syrup; 50 g (1¾ oz) milk or dark chocolate shavings, sprinkles; 6 eggs; 350 g (12 oz/2⅔ cups) self-raising (self-rising) flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 60 g (2 oz/½ cup) cocoa powder; 6 tbsp milk; 220 g (8 oz) chocolate - milk or dark or a mixture of both - broken into small pieces

Preparation info

Serves
10–12

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Soulful Baker

By Julie Jones

Published 2017

About

This cake has had many guises, the decoration techniques being the only alteration. This is my favourite way to present the cake, but you could use the icing and ganache to create many different finishes – perhaps leave the cake uncovered and pipe rounded domes of the icing between each layer instead. Whichever way you choose, the cake will be a hit and sure to please whoever is lucky enough to receive a slice.