Now, this is one of my all-time favourite cakes. I just love
it! The cake hails from what is an enduring favourite cook book. Feast Food That
Celebrates Life by Nigella Lawson (Chatto and Windus 2004).
The cake and frosting are flavoured with Horlicks powder. The
sponge is moist and flavourful, with just a hint of toothsome-ness, because of
the Horlicks. The buttercream frosting is just so good, it is the kind of sweet
deliciousness that inspires the processor bowl that it was made in to be scrapped
totally clean – so as not to waste a drop.
The cake decoration or ‘Malteaster crown’ as Nigella puts it is the
perfect decoration. Simply beautiful.
After Feast was published, I made this for so many
birthdays, including my daughter’s first birthday tea party. Perhaps I’m
getting maudlin in my of age (ha!) but I love to see it under the cake dome,
brings back such happy memories.
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