Birthday cake for Elise inspired by her craving for a Cadbury Crunchie bar 🥳
INGREDIENTS
For the honeycomb toffee (recipe from epicurious):
1â…“ cups (245g) superfine sugar
½ cup (160g) light corn syrup
â…“ cup (80ml) water
1 tsp white vinegar
â…› tsp cream of tartar
1½ tsp baking soda
For the vanilla cake layers:
3â…“ cups (430g) flour
1 tsp salt
Âľ tsp baking powder
Âľ tsp baking soda
4 large eggs, room temp
1½ cups (3 sticks; 336g) unsalted butter, room temp
1Âľ cups (350g) sugar
1 tbsp vanilla
1½ C (360ml) buttermilk, room temp
For the chocolate frosting:
Recipe is from nicolaalamb’s book, Sift. It’s not my recipe to share but luckily she shared a nearly identical recipe on substack (tip: 2X the recipe to have enough to frost a 3-layer 8” cake).
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