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Chocolate Bonfire cake

Chocolate Bonfire cake

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This Bonfire cake looks amazing - but it's dead easy to make. The secret? You're customising a shop-bought cake with a few essential items. Ready in just 20 minutes!

Prep time: 20 mins
Serves: 6
Skill level: Easy peasy
Costs: Mid-price

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Ingredients

Any basic supermarket-bought chocolate cake will work for this recipe - but for the best taste, look for one from the in-store bakery.

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1 shop-bought round 20cm (8in) chocolate cake
1 pot chocolate spread
300g (10½ oz) chocolate butter cream (from supermarkets)
23cm (9in) cake board
15-20 chocolate flakes (2 packets)
100g (3½ oz) good-quality white chocolate, broken into pieces
Edible red food colouring
Sparkler, to serve

Method

Cut the chocolate cake in half horizontally, spread with a layer of chocolate spread, then sandwich back together.
Carefully cut the cake to make a cone, sticking the pieces together with some of the butter cream. Place the cake on the cake board and cover the whole cake with the remainder of the butter cream and surround with chocolate flakes.
Melt the white chocolate in a pan, then drop blobs on to a piece of greaseproof paper and spread to make flame shapes. With a small brush, add the red food colouring to bring your flames to life. Arrange the flames in the bonfire and add a sparkler just before serving.

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