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Recipe by arcticicedcoffee.co.uk

WE LOVE... MATCHA CAKE pg30 //BATTENBURG CAKE pg31 //CARAMEL APPLE CAKE pg34

Get creative with

special occasion cakes!

Easter mocha

fudge cake

SERVES 14
For the cake
1 carton of Arctic Iced Coffee Latte
1 tbsp instant coffee granules
200g (7oz) dark chocolate, roughly
chopped
200g (7oz) salted butter, chopped
170g (6oz) self-raising flour
400g (14oz) light muscovado sugar
3 free-range eggs
For the fudge icing
50ml (2fl oz) double cream
200g (7oz) dark chocolate, chopped
500g (1lb 1oz) icing sugar

a selection of Florentines, biscuits

and spring-themed decorations

1 Preheat the oven to 160°C/Gas

Mark 2½. Grease and line two 20cm (8in)

Victoria sponge tins.

2 Heat 200ml (7fl oz) of the Arctic Iced

Coffee in a pan until just steaming and stir

in the coffee granules. Retain the rest of

the Arctic Iced Coffee for the icing.

3 Turn off the heat and add the chocolate

and butter to the pan. Stir until the butter

and chocolate are melted; if they don’t

quite melt from the heat of the coffee, put

the pan back on the hob and warm gently.

4 In a separate bowl, mix together the flour

and sugar, making sure there are no lumps.

In another bowl, beat

the eggs.

5 Pour the chocolate

and the eggs into

the dry ingredients and stir with a spatula

until everything is combined.

6 Divide the batter between the two tins

and bake for 35-40 minutes until the cakes

are risen and cooked through.

7 Allow the cakes to cool a little in the tins,

then turn out onto a wire rack to cool.

8 To make the fudge icing, heat the

remaining Arctic Iced Coffee with the

cream until just steaming.

9 Put the chopped chocolate into a bowl

and pour the steaming cream mixture

over. Stir until the chocolate is melted and

the mixture is smooth. Add the icing sugar

to the bowl and whisk until thickened.

10 Upturn one cake onto a serving plate

and spread with some icing. Place the

other cake on top and spread with the

remaining icing, spreading evenly down

the sides. If the icing is difficult to spread,

warm a palette knife in hot water and use

that to spread gently.

11 Decorate the top of the cake

with a selection of Florentines,

biscuits and spring-

themed decorations.