Preheat your oven to 170ºc150ºfan, and line two 8"/20cm cake tins with baking parchment.
In a stand mixer, or a large bowl, beat together the unsalted butter and light brown soft sugar until light and fluffy.
Add in the eggs, self raising flour, cocoa powder and vanilla extract and beat again until combined well.
Split the mixture between the two tins.
Bake the cakes in the oven for 50-60 minutes, or until baked through - check with a skewer to make sure they're done!
Leave the cakes to cool in the tins for 10 minutes, and then take out and leave to cool fully on a wire rack!
For the Buttercream
Beat the unsalted butter on its own for minute or two, to soften it and loosen it.
Add in the icing sugar and vanilla extract and beat well until smooth and fluffy.
Add the purple food colouring and beat again, I went for a lilac colour.
For the Decoration
Split the two cakes into four layers in total.
Put the first cake onto a cake board or flat plate. Add a little buttercream and spread. Repeat with the second and third sponges. Add the final sponge on top.
Using a small amount of buttercream, spread and smooth around the cake sides and top for a crumb coat and add to the fridge for at least 30 minutes.
Once set, add more buttercream onto the tops and sides of the cake, and smooth around covering the cake completely in buttercream.
I add the buttercream on using a small angled spatula, and smoothed around the edge with the large metal scraper! You need to make sure there is more buttercream on the sides of the cake than you need, as some will be removed as you smooth it over.
Once finished, put the cake in the fridge again for at least 30 minutes.
Speckle
In a small bowl, add the cocoa powder and gradually add the water until it is a relatively runny paste.
Using a pastry brush, or anything else you fancy, flick and splatter the speckled decoration onto the cake. It will be quite messy!
Decorate the top of the cake with any left over buttercream, and some mini eggs.
Set the cake in the fridge again for 30 minutes! Enjoy!