M & M mini chocolate and white chocolate cake

September is a special month for me because it’s my birthday. I believe in growing in grace and character, and cherishing each year. Age is just a number to me. Grace is about generosity, respect, action, compassion, and energy. I always feel young at heart and enjoy what life has to offer. I believe in living without regrets and being grateful for every day: Good days give happiness, Bad days give experience, Worst days give lessons, and Best days give memories. Most importantly, I praise God for all these days.

Google:” Butter cake as a quintessential American baking staple, made with key ingredients like butter, sugar, eggs, flour, and leavening agents such as baking powder or baking soda. The crucial step is ensuring the butter is at room temperature, neither melting nor cold. It should be left out of the fridge for a few hours on hot days or overnight on cold days. Fresh castor sugar should be used, and the flour, baking powder, and bicarb soda should be sifted twice. It’s important to use fresh large eggs, and for the liquid, either full-fat milk or sour cream can be used. Using sour cream will result in a slightly softer crumb, while using both milk and sour cream will make the texture moist with a slightly tangy flavour”.

As the birthday lady and baker, I do at time craved for chocolates. This year birthday cake, I decided to use M & M mini chocolate and white chocolate to get rid of it before it expires. Of course, milk and instead of sour cream I added orange juice. I am also adding two flavour essence: vanilla extract and peppermint essence. Addition to it colourful and chocolate sprinkles. I am glad my cake is moist buttery, colourful, flavourful and delicious. As it is my birthday cake, I add a lighted candle in the middle. Give thanks to God for his help to bake and blessings for me. Let’s bake a cake with grateful heart!!!!

Ingredients

250 g butter, softened
300 g castor sugar
4 eggs
225 g Self raising flour
75 g plain flour
150 ml milk
125 ml orange juice, bought
1 Tsp vanilla extract
1 Tsp peppermint essence
12-16 white chocolate chips
M & M mini chocolates
colourful sprinkles
chocolate sprinkles
candle

Method

Preheat the oven to 140 degrees C. Grease and line with baking paper 23cm-round cake pan. Line white chocolate chips apart in circle on the edge and in the middle.

In a mixing bowl, beat butter, and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until just combined each addition. Fold sifted flours and orange juice alternate with milk, vanilla extract and peppermint essence in two batches.

Spoon some batter into the prepared pan on top of white chocolate. Sprinkles some M & M mini chocolates on top of the batter. Then some more batter. Followed with some M & M mini chocolates. Then the remaining batter on top. Smooth the top with spatula. Give a couples gentle knocks on bench top.

Bake for 40 minutes first. Then check with skewer, out damp with batter. Cover with a big metal bowl, increase temperature to 160 degrees C, continue to bake a further 40 minutes until skewer comes out clean. Switch off oven, leave cake in for 35 minutes with door close. Time up, remove from oven leave cake in pan for 20 minutes before turning onto a plate to cool completely.

When completely cool down after 1 hour, garnish with some more M & M mini chocolates and the two sprinkles.

Note: You may need less or more time as oven temperature vary. I am exploring the temperature of my oven. I start with 140 degrees C then increase to 160 degrees C. You can garnish with berries, or orange and lemon segments or you can make candied citrus slices: 220 g castor sugar, 125 ml water, 1 medium orange and 1 lime, thinly sliced.

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