Homemade Malteser cake is a real crowd pleaser. Just imagine a recipe for a sumptuous malted cake sandwiched with a layer of smooth and delicious malted ganache and crushed Maltesers. Said cake is then covered in more of the ganache and crushed Maltesers. What's not to love?
Cream the butter and sugar together until very light and fluffy.
175 g unsalted butter, 75 g golden caster sugar, 75 g dark muscovado sugar
Add the salt and cream some more.
1 pinch fine sea or rock salt
Beat in the eggs one by one along with the vanilla extract.
3 large eggs, ½ tsp vanilla extract
Sift in the dry ingredients and stir until just mixed.
275 g self-raising flour (self-rising flour), ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda, 2 tbsp Horlicks
Mix the water, milk and vinegar together in a measuring jug, then pour into the cake batter and stir until just combined.
100 ml water, 80 ml milk, 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
Divid the mixture between two 22 cm round silicone cake moulds or lined tins and bake for 30 minutes.
Malted Chocolate Icing
Pour the cream into a bowl and suspend it over a pan of hot, but not boiling water.
200 ml double cream
Whisk in the Horlicks, then add the chocolate and leave it to melt.
50 g Horlicks, 250 g milk chocolate
Remove from heat and stir in the golden syrup and butter.
1 tbsp golden syrup, 75 g unsalted butter
Leave to cool and thicken.
When it's stiff enough to ice (be careful not to let it go too solid), slather a third of the mixture thickly on one cake. Roughly crush 40g of the Maltesers and scatter over the filling.
Place the other cake on top then cover the top and sides with the remaining icing.
Decorate with Maltesers around the edge and a few more crushed ones in the middle.
100 g Maltesers
Notes
Please note: American cup conversions are automated and have not been tested. For best results use scales.Please note: calories and other nutritional information are per serving. They’re approximate and will depend on serving size and exact ingredients used. Please refer to my nutrition disclaimer for further information.