Birthday cake numbers - smartie one
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.
- 30 mins cooking
- Makes 1
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Ingredients
Smartie one
- 1 x 340g packet butter cake mix
Butter cream
- 125 gram butter
- 1 1/2 cup (240g) icing sugar
- 2 tablespoon milk
- yellow food colouring
Decorations
- 4 x 100g packets smarties
Method
Smartie one
- 1Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F. Grease and line two 8cm x 25cm (3¼-inch x 10-inch) bar cake pans.
- 2Make 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.
- 3To 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.
- 4Cut 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.
- 5Tint butter cream yellow; spread all over cake. Using the picture as a guide, cover top and sides with Smarties.
Notes
One-year-olds may be too young to eat these colourful Smarties, but they will love the cake.
