Chocolate madeira cake with whipped caramel buttercream
Caramel sauce can be a little tricky to make as the temperature is important. If you are nervous there are quite a few good brands available to buy, you can add this to the buttercream and drip it over the cake.
SERVES
10
PEOPLE
PREP TIME
15
MINUTES
COOKING TIME
30
MINUTES
Ingredients
450g soft butter
420g golden caster sugar
8 eggs, lightly beaten
440g self-raising flour, sieved
2 tsp baking powder, sieved
100g cocoa powder, sieved
For the caramel:
125g golden caster sugar
2 tbsp water
25g soft butter
120ml cream, at room temperature
2 pinches sea salt
For the buttercream:
100g icing sugar
100g soft butter
1 tbsp caramel sauce
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