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A flippantly spiced loaf cake topped with a biscoff buttercream frosting, and much more biscoff on prime for the most effective biscoff loaf cake ever.
Biscoff Bakes
On the subject of baking with Biscoff, everyone knows I’m utterly totally obsessed and I’ve no disgrace about this. I like it, I like the caramelised biscuit flavour of HEAVEN and I’ve made so many biscoff bakes up to now.
I’ve no less than 25 Biscoff recipes printed at this level, it’s a shock I don’t have shares within the firm, however hey ho. Actually, my biscoff brownies are at all times a scrumptious bake, my biscoff cheesecake is the most well-liked recipe I’ve ever printed, and much more lately my biscoff rolls are an dependancy of mine.
Biscoff, also called speculoos, is available in a biscuit and unfold type and I simply like to marry it into so many various issues I can within the baking world. For this one, after numerous requests, I’m lastly doing my model of a biscoff loaf cake.
Loaf Muffins
Loaf truffles for me have at all times been one of the crucial widespread issues I can publish. Actually, you all love a loaf cake and I had no concept that they might be so widespread, however I’m not complaining. There’s something that is really easy a few loaf cake and I simply adore it
I at all times use the identical 2lb loaf tin after I make my loaf truffles as out of the entire bakeware, essentially the most unreliable product is a loaf tin. I’ve genuinely purchased 15 of them now, all classed as a 2lb/900g loaf tin, and they’re extremely inconsistent.
That is the loaf tin I take advantage of in all of my loaf tin bakes. Subsequently, the final rule for loaf truffles is to solely fill a loaf tin 2/3 full, in order that it doesn’t over circulate. For those who ever have spare combine, you can also make cupcakes (bake at 160ºc for 20 minutes) so that you don’t waste any combination.
The Cake
On the subject of the cake, it’s a easy sponge combine that I’ve determined to vary up ever so barely on this cake and add a little bit flavour. That is fully non-obligatory, as my different biscoff truffles don’t have this, however I went for the concept of the basic speculoos spices.
- Butter – as a result of it is a cake sponge, you should utilize a baking unfold, or unsalted butter, each work properly
- Sugar – I used mild brown tender sugar to stay with the biscoff thought, a little bit little bit of pure caramel
- Eggs – I at all times use medium eggs in my bakes so I’ve used 4 medium. If utilizing massive, three might be nearer
- Flour – self elevating flour as at all times for truffles. For those who don’t have it you can also make your individual by mixing 2 degree tsps of baking powder in to 150g of plain flour and mixing properly earlier than utilizing in a recipe (the usual ratio)
- Spices – I used a small quantity of cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg. These are non-obligatory, or you should utilize roughly of no matter you need.
The Frosting
The frosting is a straightforward biscoff buttercream, as I didn’t wish to mess with this half. I wished a thick and scrumptious frosting to pipe onto my cake, and this biscoff buttercream is precisely that.
Butter – for this, you wish to use a block butter and never a margarine, or baking unfold, in any other case it’ll be too tender.
Sugar – I take advantage of icing sugar (also called confectioners sugar) somewhere else
Biscoff – the sweetness that’s. I take advantage of the graceful biscoff unfold as then nothing will clog the piping tip, however if you’re simply slathering the frosting on then the crunchy one does additionally work.
Ornament
For the ornament, I made a decision I might go pretty commonplace in terms of a loaf cake as I believe there are solely so some ways that you could beautify a loaf cake.
I used my favorite second closed star piping tip with my favorite massive piping luggage to pipe a ‘rope’ look onto my loaf cake, after which used my small piping luggage to drizzle on some melted biscoff unfold (which I had melted within the microwave).
Then, I used some entire biscoff biscuits to put onto the highest and crushed over some biscuits as properly. The biscuits will go tender as soon as they’re out of the packet which is fully regular, however in the event you hate it, I’d go away them off till the final minute.
Ideas & Tips
Cake
- 225 g unsalted buter
- 225 g mild brown tender sugar
- 4 medium eggs
- 225 g self elevating flour
- 0.5 tsp floor cinnamon
- 0.5 tsp floor ginger
- 0.5 tsp floor nutmeg
Buttercream
- 125 g unsalted butter
- 250 g icing sugar
- 150 g biscoff unfold
Ornament
- biscoff biscuits
- melted biscoff unfold
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Preheat the oven to 180ºc/160ºfan and line a 2lb loaf tin
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Beat collectively the butter and sugar till creamy in a bowl
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Add the eggs, flour, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg and beat once more till clean
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Pour into the road 2lb loaf tin and bake 50-55 minutes after which go away to chill absolutely
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As soon as cooled, beat butter by itself till clean
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Add icing sugar and blend in absolutely
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Add biscoff unfold and blend once more till clean
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Pipe the buttercream onto the cake
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Drizzle with further biscoff sauce and beautify with some biscoff biscuits
ENJOY!
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