PIRATES’ TREASURE

PREP TIME 1 HOUR SERVES 12

EQUIPMENT

40cm square cake board

CAKE

12 double chocolate chip muffins 453g tub vanilla frosting

(see cook’s notes) green food colouring

DECORATIONS

1½ cups small mixed lollies

1 x 50g chocolate-coated honeycomb

bar, or plain honeycomb assorted pirate toys red decorating icing

1 Using a small, sharp knife, cut the peak off the top of each muffin; reserve. Using a spoon, remove about 1 tablespoon of cake out of centre of each muffin; discard.

2 Divide mixed lollies evenly into centre of each muffin, filling almost to the top. Top with reserved muffin tops, trimming so they fit snugly in hole on top of lollies.

3 Tint frosting green; spread over tops of muffins. 4 Discard chocolate from honeycomb; break honeycomb into pieces. Using picture as a guide, decorate cakes with honeycomb and assorted pirate toys. On one cake draw an “X” with decorating icing using a flat piping nozzle (these come with the icing tube). Position cakes on cake board; secure with a little frosting.