These are the cutest little party food you'll ever get your hands on! Topped with a little bit of fruit, they're sweet as can be!
Ingredients
- 175 g unsalted butter, chopped
- 1 cup caster sugar
- ¾ cup milk
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- 2 free-range eggs
- 1 ½ cups self-raising flour
- ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 300 ml tub thickened cream, whipped
Ladybugs
- 12 medium fresh strawberries, hulled, halved lengthways
- chocolate writing icing
- 24 fresh blueberries

Method
- Grease a 19cm x 30cm lamington pan. Line base and sides with baking paper, extending paper 3cm above edges of pan
- Combine butter, sugar, milk and cocoa in a saucepan. Whisk over a medium to low heat until melted and smooth. Transfer to a large heatproof bowl. Cool slightly.
- Add eggs and combined sifted flour and soda. Whisk until smooth. Pour into pan.
- Cook in a moderately slow oven (160C) about 25 minutes, or until cake springs back when lightly touched. Remove from oven. Stand in pan for 10 minutes. Turn out onto a wire rack to cool.
- Place cake on a board. Trim short ends. Cut into 24 equal squares.
- To make ladybug bodies, pipe writing icing lengthways down the centre of halved berries. Pipe small dots on either side, as pictured.
- Spoon whipped cream in a piping bag fitted with a 1cm plain nozzle. Pipe five dots around top of each square, then one dot in the centre to form a flower-shape. Top with ladybug bodies and blueberries for heads.
Tips
Writing icing is available in supermarkets. Cake can be made up to one day ahead. Store in an airtight container.
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This recipe is…
- Vegetarian
- Nut-free
- Pregnancy-safe
Nutrition information
Please note, nutritional information is approximate and based on the uncooked ingredients.
Nutrients | Qty/serve(1) |
---|---|
Energy | 1586 kJ |
Protein | 4.4 g |
Fat | 24.2 g |
- Saturated fat | 15.3 g |
Total carbohydrates | 36.5 g |
- Sugars | 22.5 g |
Dietary fibre | 1.3 g |
Sodium | 275 mg |
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