Farmyard cake

Equipment

You’ll need a 30cm round cake board, toy farmyard animals and trees (see note)

Ingredients

2 x 340g packets golden buttercake mix or 2 quantities Homemade buttercake (see related recipe)

1/3 cup white sugar

8 Flake chocolate bars

1/2 Curly Wurly chocolate bar

8 lolly mint leaves, halved horizontally

Buttercream icing

125g butter, softened

1 1/2 cups icing sugar mixture

1 tablespoon milk

Green food colouring

Method

Step 1

Preheat oven to 180°C/160°C fan-forced. Grease a 9.6cm-deep, 20cm (base) round loose-based cake pan. Line base and sides with baking paper.

Step 2

Make packet cakes following packet directions or homemade cakes (see related recipe). Spread into prepared pan. Bake for 1 hour or until cooked through. Stand in pan for 5 minutes. Turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

Step 3

Make icing: Using an electric mixer, beat butter in a bowl until pale. Gradually add icing sugar mixture and milk, beating constantly until combined. Tint icing green.

Step 4

Place sugar in a snap-lock bag. Add 2 drops green colouring. Seal bag. Shake, scrunching with hands to distribute colour evenly.

Step 5

Using a serrated knife, level top of cake if necessary. Place, cut-side down, on board. Spread top and side of cake with icing. Cut Flakes into uneven pieces (see tip). Using picture as a guide, position Flake pieces around cake to form a fence. Sprinkle cake with green sugar. Position Curly Wurly on cake to form a gate. Position animals, trees and mint leaves on cake. Serve.

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