EARTH DAY CAKE

A delicious vanilla sponge cake mixed with buttercream and covered in white chocolate. Easy way to achieve a ball shaped cake without the need of a special mold.

Ingredients for the cake :

• 2 eggs
• 100 g sugar
• 100 g flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 60 g soft butter
• 50 ml milk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• pinch of salt

Beat the butter with sugar and salt untill pale in color. Start adding one egg at a time beating in between. Mix in the milk and vanilla extract. Sieve in the flour with baking powder and baking soda and mix till well combined.

Grease and line the bottom of a 20 cm baking pan. Bake at 180°C (350°F) for around 30 minutes. Let it cool completely.

Ingredients for the buttercream :

• 100 g soft butter
• 200 g icing sugar
• 1 tbsp milk
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Beat the butter with icing sugar till for 3 minutes. Mix in the milk and vanilla extract.

Crumble the cake into a bowl, add the buttercream and mix till all is well combined. Form a ball, cover it in plastic wrap and place in the freezer to set for 10 - 15 minutes.

Melt 200 g of white chocolate in a microwave, mixing after every 30 seconds. Place the cake ball on a cup to let the excess chocolate drop off (make sure to place something under the cup for the chocolate to drip on). Pour the chocolate over the ball till well covered.

I have used food colorings mixed with water and used a little brush to paint my ball cake in order to make it look like our planet.

Happy Earth Day :)