Tree stump cake | Sainsbury`s Magazine

Ingredients

• butter, for greasing
• 6 large eggs
• 250g caster sugar, plus 2 tbsp to dust
• 200g plain flour, sifted
• 70g cocoa powder, sifted
• 2 tbsp semi-skimmed milk
• 250g softened unsalted butter
• 250g golden icing sugar
• 1½ tsp vanilla extract
• 150g cook’s Belgian dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids), finely chopped
• 150ml double cream
• 100g cook’s Belgian dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids), finely chopped
• Meringue mushrooms (see related recipe)
• 20g finely chopped pistachio kernels
• red sugar sprinkles or freeze-dried strawberry pieces