For a memorable first birthday party, serve up this top notch, Smartie-covered birthday favourite from The Australian Women’s Weekly’s famous ‘Children’s Birthday Cake Book‘ cookbook.
This recipe first featured in The Children’s Birthday Cake Book published in 1980. Smarties are now deemed to pose a choking risk to small children and instead, you could choose to use sprinkles to decorate this cake.
Ingredients
Smartie one
Butter cream
Decorations
Method
Smartie one
1.Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F. Grease and line two 8cm x 25cm (3¼-inch x 10-inch) bar cake pans.
2.Make cake according to directions on packet; divide mixture evenly between pans. Bake about 25 minutes. Stand cakes in pans 5 minutes; turn onto a wire rack to cool. Using a serrated knife, level cake tops to the same height.
3.To make butter cream, beat butter until white as possible, gradually beat in half the sifted icing sugar then milk, then remaining icing sugar. Beat until smooth.
4.Cut one cake into three pieces. Assemble cake pieces on a 23cm x 51cm (9¼-inch x 20½-inch) rectangular cake board, cut-side down, to form number 1; discard remaining cake. Secure cake pieces to board with a little butter cream.
5.Tint butter cream yellow; spread all over cake. Using the picture as a guide, cover top and sides with Smarties.
This recipe first featured in The Children’s Birthday Cake Book published in 1980. Smarties are now deemed to pose a choking risk to small children and instead, you can use sprinkles to decorate this cake.
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