Adrian's Birthday

Saturday was such a busy day, to finish off such a great day Bella and I headed to the Whale and Ale to catch up with the family to celebrate Adrian's Birthday.

 I had a really nice Peri Peri Chicken with Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans and Bella enjoyed a good old traditional bangers and mash, must have been good as there was none left.

Was great to catch up with everyone and enjoy our local.

Jo made the cake which was awesome and so so rich, it was a malteser cake as you can see and boy was it good, you definitely only need to enjoy a small piece of this.

The Recipe for the Malteser Cake was from Taste.com.au and the links below.

Malteser Cake

Ingredients
200g (1 cup, firmly packed) brown sugar
185ml (3/4 cup) milk
125g butter, chopped
115g (3/4 cup) self-raising flour
75g (1/2 cup) plain flour
50g (1/2 cup) cocoa powder
3 eggs, lightly whisked
185g butter, extra, at room temperature
345g (2 1/4 cups) icing sugar mixture
95g (3/4 cup) malted milk powder
1 tbs milk, extra
465g Maltesers

Ganache
300g dark cooking chocolate, finely chopped
125ml (1/2 cup) thickened cream
30g butter

Method:
Step 1
Preheat oven to 160C. Grease a 20cm round cake pan with butter. Line base and side with baking paper.

Step 2
Place the brown sugar, milk and butter in a microwave-safe bowl. Cook in microwave on high, stirring every minute, for 4-5 minutes or until the butter melts and the mixture is smooth.

Step 3
Use a balloon whisk to whisk the combined flour and cocoa powder into the butter mixture. Whisk in the egg. Pour into the prepared pan. Bake for 55 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Set aside in the pan for 5 minutes to cool before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

Step 4
To make the ganache, place the chocolate, cream and butter in a microwave-safe bowl. Cook in microwave on high, stirring every minute, for 2-3 minutes or until the chocolate melts and the mixture is smooth.

Step 5
Use an electric beater to beat the extra butter in a bowl until pale and creamy. Beat in the icing sugar, malted milk powder and extra milk until fluffy. Beat in 1 1/2 tbs ganache.

Step 6
Set the remaining ganache aside for 1 hour 30 minutes or until thick, glossy and spreadable.

Step 7
Meanwhile, use a large serrated knife to cut the cake horizontally into four layers. Place the cake base on a platter. Spread with one-third of the icing. Continue layering with the remaining cake and icing, finishing with cake. Cover and place in the fridge for 1 hour 30 minutes to chill.

Step 8
Spread the ganache evenly over the top and side of the cake. Decorate with Maltesers.