Chocolate Finger & Maltesers Birthday Cake

I decided I would make a birthday cake for my Mum's birthday tomorrow. This is how it turned out - 

Although Mum said only a little cake - I turned out to be massive! Enough to feed an army - hehe! Basically, it is a chocolate & beetroot cake in both layers smothered with a chocolate butter cream to stick chocolate fingers on and the ribbon holds them in place, then finally adding chocolate maltesers on top!

Chocolate & Beetroot Cake Hedgehogs

As it is half term and I have really wanted to try making a cake hedgehog for a while, I just had to have a go... 

They turned out well I thought for a first attempt - I would definitely make them again, but next time I do, I need to make sure I make 3 times the recipe of Chocolate buttercream so the buttons sit in better. 

Everyone who had a slice said it was very tasty and I thought it was very tasty too! I would definitely make again! (I also named them, on the left is Henry and on the right is Harriet!)