We're looking forward to Bonfire Night on 5th November & thought this year we'd create a special cake to share with friends & family at our bonfire party.
It's a simple cake to create & great to make with children of all ages.
Ingredients:
Large chocolate Swiss roll
Breadsticks
Chocolate finger biscuits / Matchmakers
Red & yellow icing
Popping candy
Chocolate icing:
Method:
1. Cut the Swiss roll into rounds & arrange into a rough pyramid shape or tower.
2. To make the icing, sieve the icing sugar & cocoa powder into a large bowl, then add the butter, milk & vanilla extract & whisk until smooth.
3. Now for the fun part! Cover the Swiss roll pyramid with your icing using a spatula or large spoon.
4. Sprinkle the popping candy over the icing. This is always a fun surprise when the cake is eaten.
6. Shape the ready-made red & yellow icing into flame shapes, & use to decorate the sticks at the top of the cake. We mixed red & yellow icing to create our orange flames.
Chocolate icing:
16oz icing sugar
4 tbsp cocoa powder
8oz soft unsalted butter/dairy free spread
2 tbs milk/dairy free alternative
Method:
1. Cut the Swiss roll into rounds & arrange into a rough pyramid shape or tower.
2. To make the icing, sieve the icing sugar & cocoa powder into a large bowl, then add the butter, milk & vanilla extract & whisk until smooth.
4. Sprinkle the popping candy over the icing. This is always a fun surprise when the cake is eaten.
5. To build your bonfire, add the breadsticks & chocolate fingers to the cake. Any broken biscuits or breadsticks can be used to decorate the base.
6. Shape the ready-made red & yellow icing into flame shapes, & use to decorate the sticks at the top of the cake. We mixed red & yellow icing to create our orange flames.
To finish off your cake add a couple of indoor sparklers to the top, or a sparkler candle. (Obviously only use these with adult supervision)
This is such a fun & tasty bonfire bake to set any firework party off with a bang! Enjoy!