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Speckled vanilla cake with marshmallow Easter-egg filling

Name: Speckled vanilla cake with marshmallow Easter-egg filling
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 4 egg whites; 225g castor sugar; 10ml (2 tsp) vanilla extract; few drops turquoise gel food colouring; 2 x 20cm vanilla sponge cake rounds; 10 marshmallow Easter eggs, chopped into chunks; 5ml (1 tsp) cocoa powder; assorted Easter eggs, to decorate

February 28, 2017 (Last Updated: March 29, 2018)

Speckled vanilla cake with marshmallow Easter-egg filling recipe

The star of your Easter feast! Who can resist chocolate eggs, cake, and marshmallows? Especially when you combine them and get this delicious Speckled vanilla cake with marshmallow Easter-egg filling?

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Recipe and styling by Katelyn Williams

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Speckled vanilla cake with marshmallow Easter-egg filling

Serves: 8

Cooking Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

4 egg whites
225g castor sugar
10ml (2 tsp) vanilla extract
few drops turquoise gel food colouring
2 x 20cm vanilla sponge cake rounds
10 marshmallow Easter eggs, chopped into chunks
5ml (1 tsp) cocoa powder
assorted Easter eggs, to decorate

Instructions

For the icing, place the egg whites and castor sugar in a metal or heatproof glass mixing bowl and set over a pot of gently simmering water. Stir the egg whites gently with a whisk (don’t whisk vigorously) until the mixture is very hot to the touch. Remove from heat and whip vigorously with a hand beater or in a free-standing mixer until light and fluffy. Continue beating until cool. Add 5ml (1 tsp) of the vanilla and tint it a pale seagreen colour with the food colouring.

Assemble the cake by layering the rounds with icing and a scattering of chopped marshmallow eggs in between. Finish by icing the entire cake.

Mix the remaining vanilla with the cocoa powder and, using a clean pastry brush, splatter speckles all over the cake. Decorate with your choice of Easter eggs to serve.