Malteser Cake | Week 11

When we have a crop in the North East we usually beg and plead Jean to make her Malteser cake!  It is the most divine thing in the world which is why it is our Week 11 recipe in the 52 week challenge (and of course because its eaten in the company of friends its always calorie free too – don’t you love how that works!)

Cake
150g soft brown sugar
100g caster sugar
3 eggs
175ml milk
15g butter
2 tbsp Horlicks
175g plain flour
25g cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp bicarb sodaIcing
250g icing suagar
1 tsp cocoa powder
45g Horlicks
125g unsalted butter
2 tablesp boiling water
MALTESERS (lots of them to decorate and eat while you make the cake too!!)

This has to be possibly my favourite recipe so far.  I’ve already eaten 1 cake and Jake cleared out the bowl of left over icing!
Preheat oven to 170 degrees c.
Heat the butter, Horlicks and milk in a pan until mixed, do not boil.
While this is cooling whisk together the eggs and sugars until light and fluffy.
Pour this mix into the cooled milk mix and stir thoroughly.
Now add the flour, bicarb, baking powder and cocoa to the mix and beat until well mixed.
Pour into your cases and bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes.
While the cakes are cooling…… make up your icing by combining all of the ingredients into a mixer and beat until light and fluffy.
Top your cakes with the icing mix and pop on the Malteasers!   You can make one large cake or around 20 cupcakes.
Enjoy!