Name: Birthday cake numbers – jigsaw two
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 85 min
Yield: 16
Ingredients: Jigsaw two; 2 x 340 gram packets butter cake mix; 1 quantity butter cream; 250 gram coloured cake sprinkles in different, separated colours; Butter cream; 125 gram butter, softened; 1 1/2 cup (240 grams) icing sugar; 2 tablespoon milk

Birthday cake numbers – jigsaw two

This colourful cake from The Australian Women's Weekly's famous 'Children's Birthday Cake Book' cookbook is bound to be a hit with Mr or Ms. Two!

Serves 16

Prep

40M

Cook

45M

Total

1H 25M

Ingredients

Jigsaw two

2 x 340 gram packets butter cake mix

1 quantity butter cream

250 gram coloured cake sprinkles in different, separated colours

Butter cream

125 gram butter, softened

1 1/2 cup (240 grams) icing sugar

2 tablespoon milk

Method

Jigsaw two

1.Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease cake pan; line base with baking paper.

2.Make cakes according to directions on packets; pour mixture into pan. Bake about 45 minutes. Stand in pan 5 minutes before turning, top-side up, onto a wire rack to cool.

3.Make butter cream: In a small bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer until as white as possible; beat in sifted icing sugar and milk in two batches.

4.Using a serrated knife, level top of cake. Cut jigsaw-shaped pieces from cake.

5.Keeping colours separate, empty cake sprinkles on to five pieces of baking paper. Work with one jigsaw piece at a time: spread top and the side(s) that will show with butter cream; roll in one of the sprinkle colours then position on cake board; spread a little more butter cream on the un-iced side(s) that will join with the next jigsaw piece. Continue until all pieces are coloured and fitted together.

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