Butterscotch cake with butterscotch filling and frosting

butterscotch cake

2 cup curd
1 1/2 cup brown sugar
3 cups maida
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup oil
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp butterscotch flavour

Beat the curd with sugar for a couple of minutes until sugar dissolves
Add the baking soda and baking powder and mix and set aside
Sieve the flour once and keep it ready
Grease and flour a 8" inch baking pan
Add oil and stir together once
Also add vanilla extract and butterscotch flavour
Add the flour and mix gently until oonly just mixed
Bake at 180 degrees for 30-40 minutes until a skewer comes out clean

butterscotch sauce for filling

50 grams unsalted butter
150 grams dark brown sugar
160 ml  cream
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon salt


In a heavy bottom saucepan over low heat, melt the butter. Whisk in the brown sugar, then whisk in cream Let it boil and simmer for 5 mins- NO STIRRING.Take off the stove, add vanilla and fleur de sel

butterscotch whipping cream for filling

1/8 cup refrigerated thick butterscotch sauce
1/2 cup whipping cream


Whip whipping cream to soft peaks
Fold in butterscotch sauce

whipped cream for frosting

1 1/2 cups whipping cream
1/4 tsp butterscotch essence
few drops of bright yellow colour
whip cream to soft peaks and add essence and colour
continue to whip to stiff peaks

Praline

3 tbsp nuts (almonds and cashewnuts)
2 tbsp sugar

In a heavy bottomed medium sized wok or saucepan, melt the sugar. When the sugar melts add in the nuts.  After a couple of minutes, remove from flame and immediately transfer on a platform. Flatten with a spatula. After it cools, break into pieces and use as required.

Assembling the cake

Cake board -> whipping cream -> first cake layer -> sugar syrup wetting -> butterscotch whipping cream -> praline in a thick layer -> butterscotch sauce all over the praline - > can also top with more praline if required -> second layer cake -> whip cream topping
add butterscotch chips where required.
frost smooth, make fondant ball border
star border on top or shell or small ball border
cream stars in between


cream stars in orange on top