Easy checkerboard cake




This easy version of the popular checkerboard cake is made with two Woolies' cake mixes – chocolate and vanilla. "My gran used to make a pink-and-white one baked in a loaf tin called a Battenberg cake," says Abigail.
Ingredients
Method
- For the vanilla cake:
- 1 x 620 g box Woolworths Easy to Bake vanilla cake mix
- 3 large free-range eggs
- 200 ml milk
- 180 ml oil For the chocolate cake:
- 1 x 620 g box Woolworths Easy to Bake chocolate cake mix
- 2 large free-range eggs
- 125 ml oil
- 200 ml milk
- 250 ml hot water For the icing:
- 2 x 385 g cans condensed milk
- 2 x 100 g slabs milk chocolate, chopped
- 2 x 100 g slabs dark chocolate, chopped
Method
Ingredients
1. Preheat the oven to 170°C (or 150°C with fan function)
2. Prepare the cake mixtures according to package instructions.
2. Divide each cake mixture between 2 x 22 cm well-greased cake tins. Bake them separately if you don’t have 2 tins. Bake for 60 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean. Cool in the tins, then remove.
3. To make the icing, melt the chocolate in a double-boiler, then whisk in the condensed milk.
4. To assemble the cake, carefully cut out circles using a three different-sized moulds or cutters. Layer them as shown in the video. Ice before serving.
Videography: Romy Wilson
Photograph: Shavan Rahim
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