Rainbow themed bakes

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RAINBOW BAKES

RAINBOW ROCKY ROAD

READY IN: 15 minutes MAKES: 16 pieces

INGREDIENTS

450 g 26% White Chocolate (3 bars) 40 g Unsalted butter (cut into small pieces) 150 g Shortbread Biscuits (5 oz), broken into pieces 100 g Dried Apricots (3 1/2 oz), chopped 100 g Glacé Cherries (3 1/2 oz), halved 100 g Dried Cranberries (3 1/2 oz) 100 g Pistachios (3 1/2 oz), shelled 75 g Pink Mini Marshmallows (3 oz) 10 ml Madagascan Vanilla Extract (2 tsps)

METHOD

1. Grease and line a 20cm (8 inch) square cake tin. Break the White Chocolate into pieces and place in a saucepan. Add the butter and put over a very low heat, stirring occasionally, until melted. Remove from the heat, transfer the melted mixture to a heatproof bowl and leave to cool for 10 minutes.

2. Stir in the biscuits, dried fruit, nuts, mini marshmallows and Vanilla Extract. Mix well to make sure all the pieces are coated in chocolate and spoon into the prepared tin; press the top down to pack the mixture into the tin. Cool and then chill for at least 2 hours until set.

3. To serve, stand at room temperature for about 15 minutes, then remove from the tin and peel away the lining paper. Using a large sharp knife, cut into 16 squares. Your rocky road squares are now ready to serve and enjoy!

You can find this recipe and more at www.oetker.co.uk Images for illustrative purposes only

RAINBOW SMARTIE CAKE

READY IN: 40 minutes MAKES: 8 slices

INGREDIENTS

165g magarine or butter 165g caster sugar 3 medium eggs, beaten 1 tsp vanilla extract 170g self-raising flour buttercream icing (either a 400g readybought tub or 600g icing sugar, beaten into 300g soft butter) 118g Smarties

METHOD

1. Pre-heat the oven the 180°C/160°C/gas mark 4. Grease and line a 20cm round cake tin. 2. Place the margarine or butter and sugar into a large bowl and mix together until light and fluffy. 3. Add the eggs and vanilla extract and beat together to form a smooth mixture. Sift the flour on top and fold into the mixture until just combined. 4. Pour the mixture into the prepared cake tin and smooth the top. Bake in the oven for 30 to 35 minutes until it looks lightly golden and a skewer, inserted into the centre of cake, comes out clean. Leave the cake to cool in the tin for 15 minutes, then remove, and place on a cooling rack to cool completely. 5. Cut the cake half to create the rainbow shape. Spread a layer of buttercream onto one half of the sponge and then sandwich together with the other half. 6. Stand the cake on a cake board or serving plate with round edge up, so the cake looks like a rainbow. Cover the top and sides of the rainbow in a thin layer of buttercream. 7. Stick the Smarties onto the front of the cake in a rainbow pattern. 8. (Optional) Place the remaining buttercream in a piping bag and cut off the end to create a 1cm hole. Pipe blobs of buttercream around the base of the rainbow to resemble clouds.