Once the cake is cooled feel free to spread the frosting on however you like, just use a bit of the frosting to sandwich the two cakes together! I kinda just lumped all mine on and spread it around till I made it pretty - decorations are pretty much up to personal tastes, I imagine chocolate curls and raspberries would be delicious.For the Owens family, love is a curse that began in 1620, when Maria Owens was charged with witchery for loving the wrong man. Ĭombine the butter with the shortening in your mixer and combine until fluffy - depending what kind of shortening you’re using it may take up to five minutes.Īdd in the rest of the ingredients, except for the booze, and mix together until combined - add in the booze a little bit at a time just to make sure it doesn’t go too runny. This is definitely best to do with a mixer - your arm will likely tire out before the frosting gets anywhere near done. While the cake is cooking is a good time to make your buttercream frosting. Bake for about 40 minutes until the tops spring back at a touch and an inserted skewer comes out clean.Īllow to cool almost completely before removing them from the cake pans.

Stir very well until the batter is nice and smooth.ĭivide the batter between the two pans and smooth down the top best you can - don’t stress if it doesn’t look perfect, we’re going to cover the entire thing in frosting anyway. Mix together all the dry cake ingredients and separately mix together all the wet cake ingredients. Preheat your oven to 180C and grease the inside of two round cake pans (18cm or alternatively just one big one if you prefer), place a square of baking paper at the bottom of each also to help stop the cake sticking. I based the cake aspect of this recipe off of a great gluten free, vegan one I found at - I’ve got my own good recipes for gluten free cake and for vegan chocolate cake, but struggled finding one that worked for both dietary requirements.Ģ cups of milk (I used coconut - but anything you have would work fine)Ħ0ml of whiskey or rum (any dark spirit will taste amazing!)ġ/4 cup of melted dark chocolate (not entirely necessarily - I just found it gave an even creamier, chocolatey taste to the frosting and cut through the sweetness of the icing sugar a little) Spending a night watching Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman cast spells, while eating spoonfuls of this decadent cake and drinking endless cups of tea is possibly the cosiest night you’ll ever have.

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