Name: Easy panettone layer cake with spiced buttercream icing
Prep time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 16
Ingredients: 750g panettone; 100g toasted hazelnutes roughly chopped; icing sugar for dusting; 275g butter softened; 450g icing sugar; 2 tbsp milk; ½ tsp vanilla extract; ¾ tsp mixed spice; ¾ tsp ground ginger; 1 orange zested

Tall layer cake of panettone slices sandwiched with buttercream icing

750g panettone
100g toasted hazelnutes
roughly chopped
icing sugar
for dusting

For the buttercream icing

275g butter
softened
450g icing sugar
2 tbsp milk
½ tsp vanilla extract
¾ tsp mixed spice
¾ tsp ground ginger
1 orange
zested

Method

step 1
Slice the panettone through the equator into six thin slices. Set aside. For the buttercream, beat the butter, icing sugar, milk and vanilla together until smooth and creamy, then mix in the spices and orange zest.
step 2
Put the base slice of panettone on a serving plate and spread over a fifth of the buttercream. Scatter over a fifth of the hazelnuts, then top with another slice of panettone. Repeat until all the buttercream and hazelnuts have been used, finishing with the top slice of panettone. Dust over a little icing sugar before serving.