Got a sweet craving? You need an irresistible cake recipe! Then satisfy it with this Coffee and Vanilla Bean Layered Cake with chocolate toppings.  This cool creamy and rich dessert has a strong resemblance to a tiramisu cake that will please any tongue that gives it a try! Enjoy making this delectable cake.

Coffee and Vanilla Bean Layered Cake

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Prep Time: 15 min

Total Time: 40 min

Ingredients

Vanilla Bean Sponge

3 Eggs
75g of Raw Sugar/ Bura ( or Powdered Sugar)
75g of Plain Flour
1 teaspoon of Baking Powder
Pinch of Salt
2 teaspoons of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 tablespoon of 2% Milk
½ Vanilla Bean Scraped

Coffee Sponge

4 Eggs
100g of Raw Sugar/ Bura (or Powdered Sugar)
½ Vanilla Bean Scraped
1 ½ tablespoon of Instant Coffee Powder
20ml of Warm Water
100g of Plain Flour
1 teaspoon of Baking Powder
Pinch of Salt
2 teaspoon of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 tablespoon of 2% Milk

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Simple Coffee Syrup

½ cup of Water
1 tablespoon of Instant Coffee
2 tablespoon of Raw Sugar (or Powdered Sugar)

Coffee Whipped Cream

800ml of Low Fat Cream, Chilled
150g of Raw Sugar/ Bura (or Powdered Sugar)
1 ½ -2 tablespoon of Instant Coffee Powder (as per taste)

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Directions

Vanilla Bean Sponge

1. Preheat the oven to 356 degrees F.  Line the base and sides of a 8” round cake tin with baking parchment.
2. Take out a small bowl and sift the salt, flour and baking powder then set it to the side.
3.  Take out large bowl and beat the eggs with raw/powdered sugar and scraped vanilla bean over a pan of simmering water until tripled in volume and mousse like, about 7 minutes.
4. Now gently add the flour mix and fold through, after add in the olive oil and milk.
5. When everything has been well blended together then pour the batter into the pan, set it into the oven and bake it for 25-30 min. until golden brown.
6. Take out the pan and let it cool for 5 min then take it out and let it cool on a plate or baking rack.

Coffee Sponge

1. Follow the first two steps for the vanilla sponge first.
2. Fill out another small bowl with water and stir the coffee into it.  Then leave it until the flavors have come together.
3. Take out large bowl and beat the eggs with raw/powdered sugar and scraped vanilla bean over a pan of simmering water until tripled in volume and mousse like, about 7 minutes.
4. Add the coffee mixture and beat in with the mix.
5. Now gently add the flour mix and fold through, after add in the olive oil and milk.
6. When everything has been well blended together then pour the batter into the pan, set it into the oven and bake it for 25-30 min. until golden brown.
7. Take out the pan and let it cool for 5 min then take it out and let it cool on a plate or baking rack.
8. Once fully cooled slice it into three layers.

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Simple Coffee Syrup

1. Stir together raw sugar, instant coffee, and water in a bowl and heat gently then let it cool and set it to the side.

Coffee Whipped Cream

1. First make sure the cream is welled chilled. (Whipping cream is fine too just make sure not to over whip it.)
2. Whip the cream and sugar to stiff peaks.

Assembly

1. Take the coffee cream and split it into two bowls; one for the filling and the second part for the frosting.
2. Place the one layer of the vanilla sponge on your cake plate or dessert platter. And lightly layer it with coffee syrup. Then place a generous dollop of coffee cream and spread to the sides.
3. Then top it with a layer of coffee sponge.  Begin to repeat this process with until all layers are used.
4. After the layers have been placed then frost the sides and the top of the cake with the remaining coffee cream.  (You can pipe some rosettes on top if you like, garnish with chocolate flakes.)  Finish the cake with a piped chocolate lace border if you would like too.
5. Put in the refrigerator for about 30 min to chill until it is ready to be served.

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Happy DIY Saturday! Have you planned what fun Easter party ideas you and your kids will do this holiday? Well today’s DIY Saturday will give you plenty of ideas!

Easter is almost here and there are countless number of ways to enjoy the day. The day is observed with great zest throughout the world. Adults celebrate the occasion by preparing mouth-watering delicacies and decorating their homes while kids prefer to dig into chocolate bunnies, colored eggs, delicious cakes, colorful candies, and jellybeans.

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Some cheerful Easter celebration ideas are given here so that you can pass the day blissfully:

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Arrange for Egg Hunt

Hunting for vividly colored eggs is an age-long Easter tradition. Kids love to hunt for eggs perched in a low branch of trees or hidden underneath a bush. Make the process more exciting for them by designing the egg hunting after a treasure or scavenger hunt style. You can move the hunting game indoor if it rains outside. An inside hunt can be fun too where you can set the difficulty level based on the age of the participating kids. A nighttime egg hunt can be thrilling too for a little bit older kids.

Color Eggs with Kids

Eggs and bunnies are two integral parts of Easter celebration. They are the symbols of new life. Children like to dole out joys of Easter by exchanging painted Easter eggs. Buy some paint, craft glue, glitter, and beads and make the eggs at home. Involve your children in the making process. Let them dye, paint, and decorate the eggs with beads. After that, give them the eggs to present them to their friends. It will be a total fun for both you and your children.

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Prepare a Delicious Meal

Easter means lots of tempting and delicious meals. Make the meal a delicacy to everyone by making fun-to-make Easter treats. Make cupcakes with bunny-shaped cream toppings, bake a lemonade cake with lemonade-buttercream frosting, prepare some bite-sized lemon curd tassies, make some oven-baked hot cross buns, cook a loaf of juicy pork loin, and buy some chocolates. Everyone will love such a menu for sure.

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Adorn the Home

Decorating the home in a pretty way is also a part of Easter celebration. Take a basket with full of blooms decorated with artificial eggs and hang it on your door. You can also adorn the inside of your door with a wreath made of various colors of yarn. Décor the indoor with eggshell potted plants or egg-shaped crafts hung with ribbons. Fill a bowl with floral printed eggs and make it the centerpiece of your dining table.

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Make Gift Baskets

A great way to happiness is to share joy and happiness. So, apart from having fun with near ones, share your happiness with others by presenting them some gifts especially made for this occasion. Design a gift basket for each of them with crafts that you can make at home. Add some Easter eggs and some candies too. Give the finishing touch by decorating the basket with some Easter Lily flowers. Such a wonderful gift will definitely make your friends and relatives happy.

Send gifts like Easter cards, Easter flowers, or special Easter gift baskets stuffed with books, accessories, toys, chocolates, and candies to those dear ones who live far from you. Be happy and try to make everyone else happy and that is the main mantra of enjoying any occasion.

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Who wouldn’t like an edible Easter basket? That’s right celebrate Easter with a delectable Easter Basket Cupcake.  These tasty and amusing treats are easy to make and will cause everyone to want to take a bite.  Down below are the ingredients and instructions on how to create the cakes to your liking.  Come, eat and be merry!

Simple Easter Basket Cupcakes 

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Servings: 24 Cupcakes

Total Time: 1 hr. 30 min.

Ingredients

1 Box of Betty Crocker ® Super Moist ® yellow cake mix

Decorated Cupcake Holders

1 1/3 Cups of Water

1/3 Cup of Vegetable Oil

3 Large Eggs

1 Container (12 oz) of  Betty Crocker® Whipped fluffy white frosting

1 Pack of Green Sour Extreme Candy that are separated into strips

3 Packs of Jelly belly jelly beans and any other candy you choose

2 Packs of Green Sprinkles

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Directions

1)      Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F for metal and glass pans (325 F for dark or non-stick pans).   Grease the sides and bottom of the cupcake pan and place the cupcake holders within each hole.

2)      Blend the cake mix, water, oil and eggs into a large bowl at a low speed for about 30 minutes or until moistened.  Then beat at medium speed for an additional 2 min.  Then take a spoon and scoop out the batter evenly into each cup until all of the batter is gone.

3)      Put the pan into the oven and let it bake for 18-21 minutes.  After the baking time is done take out the cakes and insert a toothpick into the center of one of the cakes and if it comes out clean then its ready if not set the pan back into the oven for 5 more minutes.

4)      Let the pan cool for 10 minutes then add the white frosting to each of the cupcakes.  Take out the candy strips and insert the ends of the strip to the opposite sides of each of the cupcakes for the rim.

5)      Then decorate the rest of the cupcake with the jelly beans and sprinkles however you like and enjoy!

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