Fun and colourful Cake Jars
Fun and colourful, these individual cake jars are to die for
Fun and colourful rainbow Cake Jars
Whitworths Sugar
6
25 minutes
30 minutes
Dessert
These cake jars are easy to make and are fun and unique
Ingredients
For the cake
- 200g of Butter
- 200g of Whitworths Caster Sugar
- 200g of Self Raising Flour
- 3 Eggs
- Food colouring of your choice (optional)
- x4 Sterilised 280ml Glass Jars
For the filling
- 250g of Butter
- 500g of Whitworths Icing Sugar
- Jam (Flavour and amount depending on personal preference)
Directions
Grease a foil tray bake tin with butter
Pre heat the oven to 160 degrees (fan assisted)
In a bowl mix the butter. Add the eggs and stir. Add the flour gradually and mix until smooth.
If you are adding food colouring separate the mixture into as many bowls as colours required and add your chosen colours.
Once you have made all the colours that you require spoon them into the foil tray in lines.
Bake for approximately 20 – 30 minutes (until the top as turned a golden brown).
While the cake is cooling make the buttercream.
Buttercream
In a bowl mix the butter and icing sugar until it reaches a smooth fluffy consistency.
*When the cake is cool take a glass jar. Cut out chunks of the cake and press them lightly in the bottom of the jar to form your first layer.
After you have you first layer spoon in some of the butter cream mixture leaving a well in the middle to hold your jam.
Spoon in as much jam as you require (we recommend a teaspoon amount).
Follow the *previous steps until you have a full jar.
Once finished you can you use the excess buttercream to decorate above the rim and add any decorations that you like.