Kitsch Chicken Cake

A super cute and kitsch cake of Belgian chocolate sponge and green vanilla Swiss meringue buttercream, decorated with hand-piped ruffles, ropes, blossoms and chickens. The sponge is soft, moist and rich, layered with silky buttercream for a smooth and rounded mouthfeel. From the Chef This cake design was a true "trust-the-process" process. Initial iterations were more vintage with overly ornate piped Lambeth ruffles. But I wanted the chickens to feel at home - less Versailles, more country farm. So we scraped off the OTT ruffles and added piped blossoms and criss-cross details to give it a joyful kitsch look. Ingredients Sponge: Vanilla – Flour (wheat, gluten), sugar, egg, milk, buttermilk (milk), yoghurt (milk), sunflower and rapeseed oil, baking powder, vanilla extract, salt. Chocolate – Flour (wheat, gluten), sugar, egg, milk, cocoa, sunflower and rapeseed oil, sodium bicarbonate (raising agent: E500), instant coffee granules, vanilla extract. Lemon – Flour (wheat, gluten), sugar, egg, milk, buttermilk (milk), yoghurt (milk), sunflower and rapeseed oil, baking powder, lemon zest, lemon juice, natural lemon flavouring with other natural flavourings, vanilla extract, salt. Red Velvet – Wheat flour (gluten), eggs, milk, buttermilk (milk), sunflower and rapeseed oil, sugar, baking powder, vanilla extract, cocoa powder, colouring: Red (Vegetable Glycerine E422, Mono Propylene Glycol E1520, Water, Ponceau 4R E124, Allura Red E129). Cookies & Cream – Wheat flour (gluten), eggs, milk, buttermilk (milk), sunflower and rapeseed oil, sugar, baking powder, vanilla extract, Oreo [wheat flour, sugar, palm oil, rapeseed oil, fat-reduced cocoa powder (4.5%), wheat starch, glucose-fructose syrup, raising agents (potassium carbonates, ammonium carbonates, sodium carbonates), salt, emulsifiers (soya lecithin, sunflower lecithin), flavouring]. Pistachio – Wheat flour (gluten), eggs, milk, buttermilk (milk), sunflower and rapeseed oil, sugar, baking powder, vanilla extract, pistachios (nuts). Buttercream: Sugar, egg white, butter (milk), vanilla extract, salt, colouring: Pink (Glycerol, Propylene Glycol, E551, E104, E155, E129), Yellow (Glycerol E422, Propylene Glycol E551, E104, E110), Green (Glycerol, Propylene Glycol, E551, E104, E133), Blue (Glycerol E422, Propylene Glycol E1520, Silicon Dioxide E551, Water, E133, E122), Purple (Glycerol, Propylene Glycol, E551, E122, E133). *Although not necessarily present in this particular product, the colours used across our range may include E102, E104, E110, E122 and E129, which may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in some children. All products are produced on premises handling eggs, gluten, nuts, peanuts, milk, sesame and soya and may contain traces. Cakes may contain cocktail sticks and dowelling for support. Each cake is handmade individually and while it will look similar to the images shown, it may not be identical.