This Easy Watermelon Cake consists of my 30 Second Vanilla Buttercream Cake (with chocolate chips ‘watermelon seeds’) and iced with Perfect Buttercream Icing.
This is very easy to make and ice, looks amazing as a whole cake, and looks spectacular in individual cake slices – making it fantastic for a bake sale, or to take pre-cut into the office or school.
Add all ingredients (EXCEPT for the chocolate chips) into the bowl.
Mix 30 seconds/Speed 6.
Pour and spread into a greased/lined baking tin.
Weigh out chocolate chips.
Pour dark chocolate chips over the top of the batter and gently stir into the top of the mixture (don’t stir in too much or the choc chips will sink to the bottom).
Bake for 35 minutes or until skewer comes out clean.
Wait to cool before icing.
ICING – make 1 batch of ‘Perfect Buttercream Icing‘. Divide the batch of icing into thirds = 1. White, 2. Red (add ¼ teaspoon red food colouring), and 3. Green (add ¼ teaspoon green food colouring). Ice cake as per pictures and top with a handful of dark chocolate chips.
Easy Watermelon Cake
Print RecipeIngredients
- 210 grams self raising flour
- 190 grams butter
- 170 grams sugar
- 80 grams milk
- 40 grams cornflour
- 3 x eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla bean paste/extract
- 1 teaspoon red food colouring
- 150 grams dark chocolate chips
Instructions
Preheat oven to 160 degrees.
Add all ingredients (EXCEPT for the chocolate chips) into the bowl. Mix 30 seconds/Speed 6.
Pour and spread into a greased/lined baking tin.
Pour dark chocolate chips over the top of the batter and gently stir into the top of the mixture (don’t stir in too much or the choc chips will sink to the bottom).
Bake for 35 minutes or until skewer comes out clean. Wait to cool before icing.
ICING – make 1 batch of 'Perfect Buttercream Icing' (click on link in photos). Divide the batch of icing into thirds = 1. White, 2. Red (add ¼ teaspoon red food colouring), and 3. Green (add ¼ teaspoon green food colouring). Ice cake as per pictures and top with a handful of dark chocolate chips.
Notes
This looks amazing as a whole cake, and cut in slices - is great for a bake sale, or to take into school/office pre-cut into 'watermelon' slices.