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Melting Candles Cake

Recipe

Serves: 12 | Prep time: 40 mins | Bake Time: less than 5 mins

Christmas | Dessert | Vegetarian

Ingredients

  • 2 Specially Selected Raspberry & Clotted Cream Swiss Rolls

Buttercream:

  • 150g Unsalted Butter
  • 300g Icing Sugar  
  • 1 tbsp Milk
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract  

Chocolate Ganache:

  • 170g White Chocolate  
  • 80g Double Cream  

  

  • 3 White Party Candles    

Method

  1. Make the buttercream by beating the butter with an electric mixer for 5 minutes until light and fluffy, then gradually add the icing sugar, beating in between until fully incorporated.  
  2. Add the milk and vanilla extract and beat until smooth.
  3. Cut a 2cm slice off one Swiss roll and 4cm off the other.  
  4. Stack the 2 small pieces using the buttercream as a filling - you should now have 3 candle-shaped cakes which differ in height.
  5. Ice each cake with the buttercream and smooth, then leave to set in the fridge for at least an hour until the buttercream has hardened.    
  6. Melt the white chocolate and cream together in the microwave for 30-second blasts until fully melted and smooth.
  7. Drip the white chocolate ganache down the sides of the cakes to create the look of dripping wax.  
  8. Chill the cake for 10 minutes in between coats of ganache to stop the ‘wax drips’ from mixing.  
  9. If the chocolate hardens too much between coats, place in the microwave for 30 seconds to remelt.
  10. When ready to serve, push a candle into the top of each cake, leaving only about a centimetre exposed, then light.