Ingredients

Print recipe

Directions

This cake is the perfect showstopper for the festive season.

  1. Preheat the oven to 180c.
  2. Line and grease 4 cake tins.
  3. In a stand mixer, add all the cake ingredients and whisk until you have a smooth batter.
  4. Share the mixture out between the 4 cake tins and place into the oven.
  5. Cook for 30-35 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean.
  6. Take them out of the oven and leave to cool completely.
  7. In the same clean mixer, now add all the icing ingredients and whisk again until smooth and spreadable.
  8. Take each cake and slice through the middle of each, creating 8 cake layers in total.
  9. Start icing each cake and build up on your chosen plate, leaving you with a tower of cakes!
  10. With the remaining icing, cover the whole cake but leave with a few gaps showing – this is called nude icing.
  11. Decorate as you wish, perhaps with a flourish of icing sugar.

 

explore our

Similar Recipes

Main courses

Mussels and tomato stew

  Wash the mussels. Discard any damaged and open mussels....

Serves 4 to 6
Seasonal

Spiced Clementine Butter

To add some extra flavor to your turkey this year, try Shane Smith's spiced c...

Baking

STRAWBERRY CUPCAKES WITH VANILLA BUTTER ICING

Heat oven to 170C fan and line a cupcake tray with cases.  P...

Serves 12
Baking

Lemon Cake

...

Baking

Cheesecake with Cranberries

Grease a rou...

Desserts

Eton Mess No Bake Cheesecake

Eton Mess has long been a family favourite when it comes to desserts. Try our...

Main courses

PAUL FLYNN’S MOROCCAN PULLED LAMB,ALMOND AND APRICOT COUS COUS

Preheat the oven to 160C Fan. Mix the butter, lemon , garlic...

Serves 8
see more