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Ingredients: Refrigerated
2 Eggs
Baking & Spices
1 1/2 tsp Baking powder
1 1/2 tsp Baking soda
1 cup Cocoa powder, unsweetened
1 Food coloring, red
1 Icing gel, green
1 3/4 cups Plain flour
1 tsp Salt
2 tsp Vanilla extract
250 g White chocolate melts
2 cups White sugar
Oils & Vinegars
1/2 cup Vegetable oil
Dairy
1 cup Milk
1/2 cup Thickened cream
Liquids
1 cup Water
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Directions: |
Directions:Cake
Preheat oven to 150C
Grease and line one tall round pan.
In a large bowl, stir together the dry ingredients--sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
Add in the eggs, milk, oil and vanilla, and mix well, before adding in the boiling water.
Batter will be thin.
Pour into the cake pan
Bake 45-55 minutes in the oven. A wooden skewer test will come out sticky but not liquidy.
Set aside until completely cool.
Remove from the pan, slice off the lumpy top so it's flat, then turn over.
Icing
In a glass measuring cup, add in the cream.
Drop in the food gel and mix until you have close to the right colour (a bit darker is best as you'll be adding extra white from the chocolate).
Stir in the white chocolate melts and zap on medium (50%) in the microwave for 2 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds.
Remove and stir to remove any lumps.
Place in the fridge to cool for 1-2 hours.
Spoon onto the top of the cake, then use a palette knife or spatula to smooth and swirl the icing evenly across the top.
Finish off by writing out 'HAPPEE BIRTHDAE HARRY' in green icing
Draw in lines and 'cracks' with a knife. |
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Notes: “From an inside pocket of his black overcoat he pulled a slightly squashed box. Harry opened it with trembling fingers. Inside was a large, sticky chocolate cake with Happy Birthday Harry written on it in green icing.”
-Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, J.K. Rowling.
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