- Nov 21st 2019
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Tags: Recipes , Christmas, Dessert, Pastry; Cakes & Biscuits
Tools: Stand Mixers
Chocolate Cake
makes 3 x 7” squares
- 500g butter
- 400g dark chocolate (not cooking choc)
- 2 2/3 cup boiling water with 4 tsp of instant coffee dissolved
- 4 cups caster sugar
- 1/2 cup coco powder
- 1.5 cup plain flour
- 1.5 cup self raising flour
- 6 large eggs
- In a large heavy based pot, slowly melt down the butter, chocolate, water with coffee & sugar.
- Allow to cool for 15 minutes, preheat oven to 150c FF and line 3 x 7” square cake tins.
- Add in flours and whisk to fully incorporated, and in eggs and whisk to full incorporated.
- Bake approx 1hr 20 or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Allow to cool overnight
- Cakes get moister over a few days so feel free to do this ahead of time.
- 10 pasteurised carton egg whites
- 2.5 cups caster sugar
- 1kg salted butter at room temp
- 1 tbsp natural peppermint extract (or as much to suit your tastes)
- Green food dye
- In a clean Kitchen aid mixer bowl with the whisk attachment, place sugar & egg whites & whip until stiff peak meringue (approx 10 minutes)
- Slowly add chunks of butter to the meringue, and continue to whisk. The mixture will look curdled - keep beating!! Add in the peppermint and a touch of green food dye and beat for 10 more minutes.
To assemble:
- Blue lollies
- Knife
- Spatula
- 8cm round cookie cutter
- Freeze dried fruit or crushed candy canes
- Cut your 3 x cake layers in halves horizontally
- We want to make a hole in the centre of the cake to fill with the lollies! Use a circle cookie cutter to cut this out in all but 1 layer!
- Place first layer down cover with peppermint buttercream & freeze dried raspberry (if using). Repeat until 2nd last layer.
- Use some buttercream to smooth out the hole in the centre, place in fridge 10 minutes.
- Fill the hole with lollies, and stick the very last layer on top.
- Cover the outside of the cake with more buttercream & decorate as you wish!
- Enjoy cutting into this one for a sweet surprise!
Tags: Recipes , Christmas, Dessert, Pastry; Cakes & Biscuits
Tools: Stand Mixers