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Ingredients
Cake
- 200 g unsalted butter, cut into pieces and softened, plus extra for greasing
- 600 g plain flour
- 80 g Dutch cocoa powder
- 540 g white sugar
- 2 tbsp baking powder
- 2 pinch salt
- 500 g full cream milk
- 2 tsp natural vanilla extract
- 4 eggs
Chocolate buttercream icing
- 500 g icing sugar (see Tips)
- 240 g unsalted butter, cut into pieces and softened
- 40 g Dutch cocoa powder
- 1 tbsp boiling water
- 1 tsp natural vanilla extract
Assembly
- 300 - 400 g chocolate finger biscuits
- lollies of choice, for decorating
- Nutrition
- per 1 portions
- Calories
- 453.3 kJ / 1079.3 kcal
- Protein
- 13.7 g
- Carbohydrates
- 158.1 g
- Fat
- 45.3 g
- Saturated Fat
- 26.2 g
- Fibre
- 5.2 g
- Sodium
- 365.2 mg
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