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Naked Summer Wedding Cake Equipment • Three 8” round tins • Three 6” round tins • 12” round cake board • 6” round thin cake board • 8” round thin cake board • 5 plastic cake dowels • Spirit level • Large piping bag and approx. 1cm round piping nozzle (optional) • Fruit of your choice For the Cakes • 750g self raising flour • 750g caster sugar • 150g chocolate Angel Delight • 125g cocoa powder • 25g baking powder • 10 eggs • 1.5 tbsp vanilla essence • 575g unsalted butter, melted • 575ml water Who doesn’t love a good wedding? But more importantly who doesn’t love a good wedding cake? After the bride and her amazing dress it is one of the first things guests ooh and ahhh over. Wedding cakes really do vary from elegant and simple to wildly extravagant and pretty much anything goes these days. If you’re a Batman fan then why not have a cake with the caped crusader on the top, if Harry Potter is more your thing then a wand or golden snitch can be added. The cake doesn’t even have to look like a wedding cake any more and I have created everything from a train to several versions of Brighton Pavilion for different couple’s nuptials. However, there is something lovely about the simplicity of a naked cake, that is to say one without icing or heaps of decoration on it. Naked cakes have been around for a while now and the trend sees no sign of slowing 52 For the Chocolate Ganache Buttercream • 300ml double cream • 600g good quality dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids) • 800g unsalted butter, softened • 1.5 kg icing sugar, sifted • 2 tbsp vanilla essence