Christmas in technicolour cake recipe | easyFood

Ingredients

• 500 g unsalted butter, softened
• 500 g caster sugar
• 1 tsp red food colouring paste
• 570 ml buttermilk
• 6 large eggs
• 3 tsp vanilla extract
• 550 g self-raising flour
• 80 g cocoa powder
• 4 tsp vinegar
• 2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 1 kg icing sugar
• 2 tsp vanilla essence
• 30 cm square board
• 15 cm strawboard, (skinny cake board)
• 4 wooden dowels, or plastic dowels
• 1.23 kg fondant