{"id":731,"date":"2024-05-25T15:03:28","date_gmt":"2024-05-25T15:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/?p=731"},"modified":"2024-05-25T15:03:28","modified_gmt":"2024-05-25T15:03:28","slug":"happy-birthday-to-me-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/2024\/05\/25\/happy-birthday-to-me-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday to Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I don’t usually make myself a birthdy cake, but I had an idea for a cake and decided to use my birthday as an excuse to make it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It started by making 4 x 4″ layers of “brown butter” sponges:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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They were then filled with a biscoff buttercream and caramel:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I stacked them using a kebab stick to hold them central (and then added more when chilling):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After allowing to chill \/ set up a bit, I coated in a ganache made from White chocolate, White chocolate hazelnut spread, and cinnamon:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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the cake was then coated with crumbled Biscoff biscuits, drizzled with melted Biscoff spread, and topped with more buttercream and crumbled cookies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Because the cake was so soft, it had started to lean when I had stacked it and to counter this I ended up coating it in extra thick ganache – this shows on the cut through picture above!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I cut the cake into as many portions as I could and have been giving it out to friends and family the last couple of days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I tried to be sensible and have limited myself to one BIG slice, but honestly that’s the most I think I can manage \ud83e\udd24<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I don’t usually make myself a birthdy cake, but I had an idea for a cake and decided to use my birthday as an excuse to make it: It started by making 4 x 4″ layers of “brown butter” sponges: They were then filled with a biscoff buttercream and caramel: I stacked them using a … <\/p>\n

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