Champagne Sponge with White Chocolate Buttercream

These little cakes are gorgeous and so decadent! I made them for my best friends mum's 50th birthday party and they went down a treat.
     I decided to use gold foil cases and gold glittery stars to decorate simply because it was a celebratory event and gold is, of course, the colour associated with half a century of anything! And needless to say, anything that in encased in gold is guaranteed to be good :)
     Feel free to substitute the champagne for any other alcohol of your choice, the quantity will work for you, whatever your poison!

My Recipe (Makes 20)

(For The Sponge)

120g plain flour
140g caster sugar
40g butter
20ml semi skimmed milk
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
100ml Champagne
1 free range egg

(For The Frosting)

225g butter 
125g icing sugar
225g white chocolate
2 tbsp vanilla essence

• Cook your sponge in a 170ºC (Gas Mark 3), pre-heated oven for 18-20 minutes, then remove and leave to cool. 
• For the buttercream, melt the white chocolate in a bain-marie and then simply add the melted liquid to your frosting mix (it doesn't matter if this is still warm!)

Decorate as you wish,

Enjoy, K x