Malteser Tray Bake Recipe
With a tender chocolate sponge and sweet, malty frosting, this Malteser Tray Bake recipe is your new go-to for birthdays, parties and potlucks!
Servings: 12 squares
Equipment
- Medium rectangular cake tin or roasting tray
Ingredients
For the chocolate malt sponge
- 225 g white caster sugar (superfine sugar)
- 3 medium free range eggs
- 225 ml sunflower oil
- 225 ml whole milk
- 3 tbsp golden syrup
- 260 g self-raising white flour (self rising flour)
- 150 g malted milk powder e.g. Horlicks Original or Ovaltine
- 3 tbsp cocoa powder (dutch processed)
- 1.5 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
For the chocolate malt buttercream
- 215 g salted butter
- 360 g icing sugar (powdered sugar)
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- 70 g malted milk powder
- 2 tsp whole milk
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
To decorate
- 250 g Maltesers
Instructions
Make the sponge.
- Preheat the oven to 180ºC (160C fan assisted).
- Grease and line one medium roasting tin - ideally with straight sides.
- Put the caster sugar, eggs, oil, milk, and golden syrup in a bowl. Whisk together.
- Sift in the self-raising flour, malt powder, cocoa powder and bicarbonate of soda. Whisk again to a smooth batter.
- Pour into the prepared tin and bake for approximately 1 hour until firm and springy in the centre.
- Cool for 30 minutes in the tin on a wire rack, then turn out to cool completely.
Make the frosting.
- Put the butter in a large bowl and whisk until pale and creamy.
- Sift in the icing sugar, cocoa and malt milk drinking powder, then add the milk and vanilla. Beat until very pale and fluffy.
- Spread all over the top of the cake, using a palette knife or silicone spatula to spread it evenly to the edges of the cake.
- Chop the Maltesers quite roughly so that you have some small pieces, some halves and some whole Maltesers. Scatter them over the frosting - you may need to pat them down slightly just to ensure they stick.
- Cut into generous squares to serve.
Nutrition
Calories: 784kcal | Carbohydrates: 98g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 41g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 19g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 86mg | Sodium: 386mg | Potassium: 246mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 73g | Vitamin A: 581IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 96mg | Iron: 2mg
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