Owl Cake
Discover our Owl Birthday Cake recipe, a delicious and fun to make chocolate sponge cake which the kids will adore.
Cooking time1 hour 10 minutes
Prep time45 minutes
Servings12 portions
Ingredients
- 110g Stork with butter
- 150 ml semi-skimmed milk
- 220g caster sugar
- 175g plain flour
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon bicarbonate (or soda)
- 4 teaspoons lemon juice
- 50g cocoa powder
- 125g Stork with Butter
- 220g icing sugar, sifted
- 100g cocoa powder
- 1-2 tbsps milk
- 50g dark chocolate curls
- White sugarpaste
- Orange sugarpaste
- Dark chocolate crisp shell chocolates (Minstrels)
- A large cake board or serving plate.
| Energy (kcal) | 0 kcal |
| Energy (kJ) | 0 kJ |
| Protein (g) | 0.0 g |
| Carbohydrate incl. fibre (g) | 0.0 g |
| Carbohydrate excl. fibre (g) | 0.0 g |
| Sugar (g) | 0.0 g |
| Fibre (g) | 0.0 g |
| Fat (g) | 0.0 g |
| Saturated fat (g) | 0.0 g |
| Unsaturated fat (g) | 0.0 g |
| Monounsaturated fat (g) | 0.0 g |
| Polyunsaturated fat (g) | 0.0 g |
| Trans fat (g) | 0.0 g |
| Cholesterol (mg) | 0 mg |
| Sodium (mg) | 0 mg |
| Salt (g) | 0.00 g |
| Vitamin A (IU) | 0 IU |
| Vitamin C (mg) | 0.0 mg |
| Calcium (mg) | 0 mg |
| Iron (mg) | 0.00 mg |
| Potassium (mg) | 0 mg |
Instructions
- Mix the milk and lemon juice in a jug. Put aside.
- Place Stork and sugar in a mixing bowl and cream together until light and fluffy. (approx 1 ½ min with electric hand mixer).
- Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Fold in dry ingredients until well blended.
- Stir in milk to the mix until smooth.
- Place the mix in a square greased and lined cake tin. Bake on middle shelf of oven 180°C, 160°C fan, Gas 4 for about 70 minutes.
- For the icing beat together the Stork with the icing sugar, and half of the cocoa powder (50g) adding a couple of tablespoons of milk to give a soft spreadable consistency.
- Trim the domed top from the cake. Add the icing to the cake to create the eyes and the bib of the owl using the cake template (see bakewithstork.com).
- Beat the remaining 50g of cocoa powder into the icing to darken it further, adding a little more milk if necessary.
- Use to coat the sides of the cake and to fill in the rest of the owl’s body. Use chocolate curls to create the wings and owls ears.
- Cut out 2 round circles from white sugarpaste and place into position on the owl eyes.
- Cut out an orange circle to make a bird beak.
- Add 2 round chocolates for the pupils of the eyes.
