Add in the flour mixture and the champagne mixture in alternating additions, beginning and ending with the flour mixture, and mix until smooth. Smooth the batter out into your prepared cake pans ...

You will need three 20cm/8in sandwich cake tins and a freestanding mixer. First, prepare the champagne reduction for the buttercream. Put the champagne and caster sugar in a saucepan over a medium ...

In general, the higher the price you pay for your champagne, the better it will taste. Although there are some good value mid-priced champagnes around, the very cheapest champagnes can be poor ...