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Pot o' Gold Cereal Milk Cake

Pot o' Gold Cereal Milk Cake: Lucky Charms cereal milk sheet cake with caramalised white chocolate frosting and lucky charm garnish

Course Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American, British, Irish
Keyword cereal milk, cream cheese frosting, white chocolate
Prep Time 2 hours
Cook Time 1 hour
Servings 8 people

Ingredients

Caramalised white Chocolate (link to recipe and steps above)

    Cereal Milk

    • 180 ml Milk / milk alternative ¾ cup
    • 50 gm Lucky charms cereal without the marshmallow bits (charms)

    Cereal Milk Cake

    • 150 gm Salted Butter 1¼ stick
    • 60 ml Vegetable/ canola oil ¼ cup
    • 150 gm Granulated sugar ¾ cup
    • 3 XL Eggs or 4 L eggs
    • 120 ml Cereal Milk ½ cup
    • 200 gm All purpose flour 1½ cup + 2 tsp
    • 2 tsp Baking Powder

    Caramalised white chocolate frosting

    • 125 gm Caramalised white chocolate
    • 60 ml Whipped/ Heavy Cream ¼ cup
    • 120 gm Cream Cheese 4 oz.
    • 30 gm Salted Butter ¼ stick
    • 100 gm Icing Sugar 1 cup

    Instructions

    Caramalised white Chocolate (link to recipe and steps above)

      Cereal Milk

      1. In a small bowl, add the cold milk to the cereal without the marshmallow bits. Let the cereal soak in the milk for 30 minutes to overnight. The longer you let the flavors soak the more intense it is.

      2. Strain the cereal and milk to get the milk when ready to bake.

      Cereal Milk Cake (9x9")

      1. Preheat the oven to 350°F / 180°C. Grease and line a 9x9" square tin.

      2. In bowl fitted to the paddle attachment on a stand mixer, add the butter, sugar and oil. Cream the fats and sugar on medium speed for 3-4 minutes until pale and fluffy.

      3. Add and beat one egg at a time. Add the cereal milk into the wet ingredients in the bowl.

      4. Sift the dry ingredients (flour and baking powder) into the wet ingredients in small batches.

      5. Mix thoroughly and pour the batter into the square cake tin. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until its golden brown. The cake must be springy to touch.

      6. Remove from oven and let it cool on a cooling rack.

      Caramalised white chocolate frosting

      1. Heat the cream until it starts to boil, pour the hot cream into the caramalised white chocolate. Let it sit for a couple of minutes before you start to mix them thoroughly. This is your caramalized white chocolate ganache

      2. Let the caramalized white chocolate ganache come to room temperature

      3. In a bowl fitted with the whisk attachment on a stand mixer. Add the cream cheese, butter and icing sugar. Whisk on low - medium speed for 2-3 minutes.

      4. Add the caramalized white chocolate ganache into the bowl, whisk for another couple of minutes until its silky smooth and luscious to spread.

      Pot o' Gold Cereal Milk Cake Assembly

      1. Place the sheet cake on a cake board/ tray. Add dollops of caramalized white chocolate frosting on the cereal milk cake.

      2. Spread the frosting using an offset spatula or any regular spatula. You can also pipe this frosting with any piping tip you wish.

      3. Add Lucky charms marshmallow on top of the frosting for a garnish!

      4. Enjoy!