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Lotus Cake Recipe

Lotus Cake
Lotus Cake

Lotus Cake Recipe

Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 40 minutes
Course Dessert
Calories 500 kcal

Ingredients
  

FOR CAKE

  • 300 gm Butter Unsalted
  • 300 gm Sugar Light Brown
  • 300 gm Flour Self Raising
  • 6 qty Eggs Large
  • 1 tsp Baking Powder Heaped
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract

FOR ICING

  • 160 gm Butter Unsalted
  • 300 gm Icing Sugar
  • 1 jar Biscoff Spread Smooth or Crunchy (your choice)
  • 1 Packet  Biscoff Biscuits To decorate

Instructions
 

FOR CAKE

  • Heat oven to 180C/160 Fan.
  • Line two 8 inch loose bottom cake tins with baking paper.
  • Using a hand mixer or stand mix the butter and light brown sugar together until creamy and fluffy.
  • Add in the flour, eggs, baking powder and vanilla and beat until combined, be careful with flour flying everywhere.
  • If mixture is a touch thick then add a drop of milk or water to loosen be sparing.
  • Half the mixture using a spatula and place into the lined tins evenly. Smooth tops and spread across tins ensuring an even bake.
  • Cook for 30-35 minutes until golden and a knife comes out clean when checked.
  • This is your main signal.
  • Give five more minutes if uncooked after 30 mins.
  • Leave cakes to cool for at least 20 minutes within their tins and then leave until Entirely cool to ice.
  • This may take up to an hour but must be done so they can hold the butter icing.

FOR ICING

  • Melt the butter in the microwave or ensure it's completely room temperature.
  • Put into the mixing bowl and beat until loose.
  • Slowly add the icing sugar (to avoid dust clouds) and allow the butter and sugar to become smooth and mixed entirely.
  • Using 2/3 of the biscoff spread tub, mix into your buttercream mixture.
  • Add in a drop of boiling water, around 50ml and mix until smooth and fluffy.
  • Place into icing bag and use this icing to layer your cakes.
  • You can either cut both cakes in half to create four layers or use the two, to create the two.
  • Pipe and create decoration for the middle and top.
  • Melt a table spoons worth of biscoff in the microwave to create a dripping icing to go on top.
  • Use biscuits to decorate (crushed or whole).
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