Name: Isaac & Scout's Christmas cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: Cuts into 12 slices
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 225g butter softened; 300g caster sugar; 4 medium eggs beaten; zest 1 large orange; 5 tbsp milk; 450g self-raising flour sifted; 2 x 410g bars milk chocolate; 100g bar dark chocolate; 100g bar white chocolate; edible gold or silver balls

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Isaac & Scout's Christmas cake

Isaac & Scout's Christmas cake

Lesley Waters

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Cuts into 12 slices

Easy

Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 45 mins

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This delightfully indulgent-looking Christmas cake is so simple that even the children can lend a hand

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Ingredients

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225g butter

softened
300g caster sugar
4 medium eggs

beaten
zest 1 large orange
5 tbsp milk
450g self-raising flour

sifted

To decorate

2 x 410g bars milk chocolate
100g bar dark chocolate
100g bar white chocolate
edible gold or silver balls

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal569
fat28g
saturates16g
carbs76g
sugars45g
fibre2g
protein8g
salt0.8g

low

Method

step 1

Butter two cake tins, 24cm and 18cm, and line the bases with parchment paper. Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Beat the butter and sugar in a bowl until light and creamy. Gradually beat in the eggs and orange zest, adding some flour with the last few additions to prevent curdling. Using a metal spoon, fold in the remaining flour and milk. Split the mix between the tins and smooth the tops.
step 2

Bake the cakes together, 30-35 mins for the smaller and 40-45 mins for the larger, until golden and springy. Cool in the tins, then turn out on a rack to cool fully.
step 3

Break milk and dark chocolate into a bowl and melt over a pan of simmering water, stirring occasionally. Melt white chocolate the same way. Peel the paper from the cakes and sit the largest on a plate. Spread a small blob of chocolate in the middle and sit the smaller cake on top. Drizzle with chocolate, sprinkle with edible gold or silver balls and leave to set. Keep in an airtight container.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, December 2005

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