Anyhoo... I got a little over-excited on Thursday night and made a biscuit cake which I topped with a crown for the occasion. I was thinking about a Union Jack but I got confused about the best way to create it in chocolate treats, and it's been done (I told myself so I wouldn't feel like a failure) so a crown it was!
I got a little carried away on Friday and dressed up... even The Husband looked slightly smarter than normal... it really did feel like a day to make an effort even if we were just going to watch it in his Aunty's living room!
Even though this is a primarily baking post I've got to gush about how much I loved the wedding! The dress was stunningly beautiful, as was the Bride. I shed a tear as they said their vows; it's so nice to see a couple very much in love and making little jokes during the ceremony despite the fact that billions of eyes are watching and waiting for the slightest mishap. Pippa and her mother looked gorgeous, Harry was comically nervous, poor Camilla didn't know where to put herself when they entered... how does one walk in front of the Queen without turning their back on her?! Plenty of dodgy hats to entertain us during the waffly bits... all in all a good do!
The Husband was upset that Elton didn't sing for them... he said, 'But he's a very Royal character isn't he?'... 'Yes darling, but he's a Queen, not a Royal!'
Back to my crown cake: this has got to be the easiest cake to make, ever! And so so tasty! I just tried not to think about all the butter in it as I was jamming it into my mouth...
I used Sainsbury's basics for the chocolate and biscuits since it was being crushed and melted together; we couldn't tell that I'd used the 'cheap' stuff at all. The only thing that was branded were the Maltesers and they're blinkin' pricey when you think about the fact that you can get the rest of the ingredients for the same price more or less as a pack of fun-size bags of those little balls of yum. Do any supermarkets make own brand versions of these?
Recipe
For the Milk Chocolate bottom:
400g Milk Chocolate
250g crushed Digestive Biscuits
200g Unsalted Butter
4 tbsp Golden Syrup
175g crushed Maltesers
For the White Chocolate top:
250g white chocolate
50g Unsalted butter
1 tbsp Golden Syrup
50g (ish? Whatever's left from the multi-pack of fun-size bags!) crushed Maltesers
Melt the milk chocolate and butter together, add the syrup, biscuits and maltesers then squish into a cake tin and pop in the fridge. It should be a swiss roll tin, but I don't have one so I just stuck it in my trusty round tin. There was a little too much so I had to eat the leftovers whilst it was still warm and gooey...
Clean the bowl and start again with the white chocolate, syrup and butter. I had planned on doing it properly using just the chocolate but I had 3 fun-size bags of Maltesers left and couldn't sprinkle them on top since I needed a clean slate for my decoration, so I crushed them up, chucked them in and hoped for the best. It turned the beautiful white chocolate an odd pale brown. Ah. That's why we don't add milk chocolate to white, duh! It did actually work out well though as I'd stupidly bought white chocolate buttons to decorate, not thinking that white against white wouldn't show up... so I meant it to turn that odd pale brown colour! Yeah. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Add this to the top of the milk chocolate layer... eat whatever won't fit... pop in the fridge for a bit to cool slightly.
Whilst the cake is still a little warm add the chocolate buttons so they melt ever so slightly and stick to the cake. If you're like me and have a scary obsession with silver balls, throw on as many as you can get away with in the name of decoration. Back into the fridge and wait impatiently until you can eat it!
Here's a close up of the finished product- see what I mean about the silver ball obsession?! I think it makes it look more regal... I don't think Aunty-in-law was too pleased when they ended up all over her kitchen floor though! Teehee.
I had intended on getting a photo of it once we'd cut into it to show the lovely layers but by the time I'd thought, 'Ooh I'll take a photo' it was gone, so it must have been good!
I am definitely making this again; maybe for my birthday to bring to work. What to put on the top though? Suggestions?
