This drip cake is a real showstopper, it won’t fail to impress at the party and makes enough to go round a crowd. The secret to the perfect topping on any drip cake is to get the chocolate just right. If you melt it and then let it cool ever so slightly you’ll get a lovely consistency that will spill over the edges.

Ingredients

• 225g unsalted butter
• 225g caster sugar
• 4 eggs, beaten
• 4tbsp milk
• 1tsp vanilla extract
• 275g self raising flour
• tsp baking powder
• For the buttercream: 
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• 250g unsalted butter, softened
• 500g Icing sugar
• 100ml double cream
• 1 tsp vanilla 
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• For the chocolate drip:
• 100g 70% dark chocolate
• 1tbsp vegetable oil
• You will also need:
• 3 x 6” cake tins, greased and lined with baking parchment