Archive note — January 2022: This Fake Bake records a Sainsbury’s £10 challenge from January 2022. The supermarket cakes, prices, stock and Biscoff availability described below belong to that shop and are not current availability claims.
Biscoff has been competing hard with Oreo to be crowned Queen of the Cookies. IMHO, I think it wins. Firstly, it tastes a lot better dunked in a steaming hot cup of tea. Oreos do not get dunked in tea. Absolutely not.
Then there is that distinct caramelly flavour and dark amber colour. By early 2022 Biscoff seemed to be turning up everywhere: ice cream, sandwiches, lattes, spread and, most obviously, cake.
For this January 2022 challenge I found a very cheap caramelised-biscuit-style cake at Sainsbury’s and bought two to make a tall layer cake. The local shops I checked did not have the regular Biscoff biscuits at the time, so I used Biscoff sandwich biscuits instead. Together with the spread, the historic shop came to £9.90.
Fake Bake Recipe - Biscoff Cake
Ingredients
2x ready-made round Biscoff/speculoos/caramelised-biscuit layer cakes (5" or 6" size)
1 tub ready-made vanilla icing
150g Biscoff biscuit spread
Biscoff biscuits
Method
1. Prepare a cake turntable, angled palette knife, cake scraper, cake board, tablespoon, piping bag with a small star nozzle and spatula.
2. Unbox the cakes. Smear a dollop of frosting in the middle of the cake board, place one cake on it and remove the paper wrapping.
3. Loosen the frosting. Add one tablespoon of Biscoff spread, mix, then assess the consistency before adding any more. In this original batch, adding more made the ready-made frosting noticeably stiffer; other products may behave differently.
4. Spread some frosting over the first cake and stack the second cake on top.
5. Frost the top and sides. If the frosting is stiff, piping it around the sides first can make smoothing easier.
6. Separate several Biscoff sandwich cookies and crush the biscuits for the crumb coating. Press the crumbs around the sides of the cake.
7. Warm some Biscoff spread gently until just runny. Spoon it over the top and push a few drips over the edge.
8. Pipe a few frosting swirls around the top and decorate with more Biscoff biscuits.
Et voilà. In January 2022 this came in under the £10 challenge budget. That is retained as part of the archive rather than a current Sainsbury’s price claim.
If you would rather order something made from scratch, our current Tea Time Treats cake takes the biscuit theme in a rather more Anges de Sucre direction. Check current delivery information for the service area and timings.
Lots of love,
Reshmi xoxo
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