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I reviewed a recipe book recently called Lola's A Cake Journey Around The World and as part of my review I made an Amarula Cake from the book. I really enjoyed the cake as it contained some of my favorite cake flavours - chocolate, caramel and whipped cream. I also have a new love for Amarula! It's similar to Baileys in that it's a cream liquor, but it's made with a fruit from South Africa called the marula fruit. I really wanted to make the cake again but I wanted to amp it up and really make it indulgent and special, so this cake was created!
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I started by mixing 120g cocoa powder with 250ml boiling water, then left it to cool. I whisked up 6 eggs, 440g caster sugar and 120ml vegetable oil with an electric hand whisk until it was frothy. I added the cocoa powder mixture and whisked it in.
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Then I added 500g self raising flour, 1 tsp baking powder and 2 tbsp Amarula and folded it in. I separated the mixture into three 22cm cake tins and baked on 180C/160C Fan/350F/Gas Mark 4 for 25 minutes.
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I made a buttercream by mixing together 450g baking spread, 4 tbsp Amarula and 900g icing sugar. I stacked up the sponges, drizzling 1 tbsp Amarula on each sponge before spreading them with some buttercream.
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I covered the cake in a base coat of buttercream and put it in the fridge for 1 hour to set.
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I took it out and covered it again with the rest of the buttercream and I smoothed it out as best I could.
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To decorate the cake I carefully piped blobs of the caramel on the edge of the cake, then covered the whole top of the cake with a thin layer of the caramel. I whipped up 200ml double cream, 3 tbsp Amarula and 2 tbsp icing sugar and piped it around the edges. I added bronze sprinkles and white chocolate stars in the centre, then cut some chocolate squares I got from The Chocolate Trading Co into triangles and stuck them into the cream. Finally a spritz of gold glitter finished it off!
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This cake was everything I had dreamed of! Rich chocolate sponge, sticky caramel drizzle and sweet buttercream with Amarula flavor. It would make a fabulous cake for a celebration, or the ultimate way to treat yourself!
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I'm linking these cake up with some blogger link ups this month. Cook Blog Share hosted this month by Hijacked By Twins, and We Should Cocoa hosted by Tin & Thyme.
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Amarula, Chocolate & Caramel Cake 07-May-2017Ingredients
- 120g Cocoa powder
- 250ml Boiling water
- 6 Eggs
- 440g Caster sugar
- 120ml Vegetable Oil
- 500g Self raising flour
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- A pinch of Salt
- 12 tbsp Amarula
- About 1/3 can of Carnation Caramel
- 900g + 2 tbsp Icing sugar
- 450g Baking spread
- 200ml Double cream
- Sprinkles of your choice
- 10 Chocolate Duo Panels
- Gold Edible Glitter