Although I love baking and cooking, the presentation has never been my strong suit – I firmly belong to the ‘rustic’ school of food preparation. Knowing how to knock up a cake at short notice, I was tasked with making a birthday cake, something I wanted to put a little extra effort in.
I made a simple sponge cake and covered it in chocolate buttercream. Then, the magic – I covered the whole thing in Malteasers. I have to say I was a bit of a genius for thinking of this, as it looked awesome with very little effort. To be clear, I’m not claiming I invented this way of decorating a cake, just stole it to maximum effect.
I was really proud of this, it tasted amazing if I do say so myself, but most importantly the birthday boy loved it! It’s almost as if decorating a cake nicely made it taste nicer and I didn’t immediately feel embarrassed at it’s appearance! I’m going to try and keep this in mind for any future bakes this year.
New Day, New Thing 
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