Tim Tam Cake Ingredients: 185g Butter, at room temperature, chopped 370g (1 & 3/4 cups) Caster sugar 3 Eggs 225g (1 & 1/2 cups) Self-raising flour 75g (1/2 cup) Plain flour 80g (3/4 cup) Cocoa powder 125ml (1/2 cup) Milk 100g Arnott’s Tim Tam Original, finely chopped- See Note Toggle ingredients: Chocolate ganache 400g milk chocolate, chopped 300ml ctn pouring cream Chocolate filling: 125g butter, at room temperature, chopped 450g (3 cups) pure icing sugar, sifted 2 tbs malted milk powder 2 tbs milk 200g milk chocolate, melted, cooled Directions: Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease and line base and sides of two 18 x 27cm (base measurement) slice pans. Use an electric beater to beat butter and sugar in a bowl until pale and creamy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition, until just combined. Sift over half the combined flour, cocoa powder and bicarbonate of soda. Add milk. Use a metal spoon to fold until just combined. Sift over remaining combined flour, cocoa powder and bicarbonate of soda. Add water and fold until just combined. Divide mixture among pans. Smooth surface. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until a skewer inserted into centres comes out clean. Cool in pan for 5 minutes. Transfer to wire rack to cool completely. Meanwhile, to make chocolate ganache, place chocolate in a heatproof bowl. Bring cream just to the boil in a saucepan over medium heat. Pour cream over chocolate. Stir with a metal spoon until melted and smooth. Place in fridge, stirring often, for 40 minutes until thickened slightly. To make chocolate filling: Use electric beaters to beat butter in a bowl until pale and creamy. Gradually add icing sugar, malted milk powder and milk, in alternating batches, until smooth and combined. With the beater on low, gradually beat in the chocolate until just combined. Place one cake on a wire rack set over a baking tray. Use a palette knife to spread filling over cake. Sprinkle with Tim Tams. Top with remaining cake. Place in fridge for 30 minutes to set. Pour ganache over the top of the cake. Use a palette knife to spread ganache over top and sides to cover. Set aside for 10 minutes to set. Note: Tim Tams are an aussie biscuit, they like just like this cake when bitten into. Two layers of chocolate malted cookie, separated by a light chocolate cream filling, and coated in a thin layer of textured chocolate. You can also get a gluten free biscuit that is the same as a tim tam as well for those that cant have wheat.
Posted on: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 11:39:52 +0000
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