Three Tier Biscoff Cake

I have heard a lot of people talking about Biscoff lately. I assumed it was an American thing and not for us Brits. Loaded with sugar and not even remotely natural, I was sure Waitrose and co would turn their noses up. How wrong I was. It is everywhere.

Biscoff is a brand of biscuits (for those not in the know) but they aren’t just biscuits. They have the biscuity answer to Nutella. Biscoff spread is delicious – you can spread smooth, biscuity goodness over anything!

If I had to choose my best baking creation, this would be it. My sister and I always stick to cupcakes and cookies, but we decided it was time to be ambitious and attempt a layer cake. It turned out to be quite the monster. But this enormous, biscuit tasting cake is actually pretty easy to make. You can use Biscoff spread with anything (cupcakes, cookies, cheesecake, crumbles…) but I reckon this is a pretty good place to start. We got the recipe here and it worked really well.

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YOU WILL NEED

For the cake

  • 400g butter
  • 400g light brown sugar
  • 400g eggs (roughly 7 large eggs)
  • 400g self-raising flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 4 tbsp whole milk

For the Biscoff buttercream

  • 250g butter
  • 500g icing sugar
  • 300g Biscoff spread
  • 40-60ml whole milk

For the decoration

  • Crushed Lotus biscuits
  • Whole Lotus biscuits
TO MAKE

Heat the oven to 180C and line three sandwich tins.

Beat together the butter and the sugar. Add the flour, eggs and baking powder and beat until combined. Use the milk to loosen if it gets too thick. Divide between the tins and bake for 25-30 minutes.

For the decoration, beat the butter to loosen it. Add the icing sugar at a slow speed until fully combined. Add the Biscoff spread, then the milk until you have the desired consistency.

When the cakes are cool, pipe on the icing and add crushed biscuits on top. Put the next cake on top and repeat. Add the top layer and decorate as you wish!

8 thoughts on “Three Tier Biscoff Cake”

  1. Mack says:
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    I just recently heard of Biscoff this year and have seen it everywhere! That cake looks absolutely delish. I have never tried the biscoff spread, only the cookies, but I have only heard that it is really tasty. Thanks for sharing this recipe! ❤

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  2. Rosie says:
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    I love Biscoff, though I’ve always known it as Lotus biscuits as you almost always get them with a cup of coffee/hot chocolate over here in France – funny how Biscoff has only just taken off in the UK! Personally I prefer the crunchy spread to the smooth one 🙂

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  3. lovejennyxo says:
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    I feel like I could just gobble up that entire cake- I must be on the prowl for for the biscoff spread…I can’t believe I didn’t even know that it existed! Thanks for sharing the recipe, I will for sure have to make this at some point!

    xo, JJ

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