VANILLA CONFETTI FUDGE CAKE

1 cup water
226 grams (1 cup) butter, melted
2 cups sugar
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon bicarb soda
2 3/4 cups plain flour
1 tablespoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1/2 cup sour cream
3/4 cup bright coloured sprinkles

preheat oven to 180c (350f). line bottom and grease and flour

sides of 23 cm (9 inch) springform tin.

place the sugar, baking powder, bicarb soda, salt and flour
into a large bowl and using an electric mixer, beat in the
water and melted butter.

add the vanilla, eggs and cream and beat until well combined.

stir in the sprinkles.

pour into tin and cook for approx. 1 hour or until a skewer
comes out clean.

cool in tin for 10 minutes then remove sides of tin invert
onto a wire rack and remove bottom of tin. turn top up again
and cool completely on rack.

ice and decorate as desired. I used whipped white chocolate
ganache

WHIPPED WHITE CHOCOLATE GANACHE

200 grams white cooking chocolate
100 mls thickened cream

2 tablespoons icing sugar

in a heatproof bowl over a pot of boiling water, melt the
chocolate and cream together, stirring until smooth.

place bowl in fridge and cool until just set.

using an electric mixer, beat the chocolate until creamy.

beat in the icing sugar until well combined.

spread or pipe over cake.