Easter has officially arrived at the cafe this week and I have taken it as the perfect excuse to have a bit of fun with some of the baking!
Chocolate cake is always a popular cake on the counter at the cafe and this week so I decided to add an Easter-y twist! I saw a couple of cute designs on pintrest and decided to give one a go.
The chocolate cake recipe I chose is as follows:
200g good quality dark cooking chocolate
200g butter
1 shot of espresso
85g self-raising flour
85g plain flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
200g light muscovado sugar
200g caster sugar
25g coco powder
3 eggs
75ml buttermilk
For the gnash:
200g good quality dark cooking chocolate
284ml double cream
2 tbsp caster sugar
Word of warning though, the consistency of this cake is so much like a chocolate brownie which on one hand is incredible! but it does tend to crumble around the edges a little more than other recipes. As long as your careful though it should all be fine just keep layering your cake with the chocolate gnash between each one and keep the faith even if it looks a little awkward at first!
Cover all of your layers in the cooled chocolate gnash topping and make the log patterns down the sides and over the top using a fork. At this point id pop the cake in the fridge whilst you make your bunny (or any other Easter decoration)
Finally add the finishing touches to your cake and you are all ready for Easter!
Let me know if you give this a try or an other Easter Treats you make!
Thank you for reading :)
Katie xxx
Chocolate cake is always a popular cake on the counter at the cafe and this week so I decided to add an Easter-y twist! I saw a couple of cute designs on pintrest and decided to give one a go.
The chocolate cake recipe I chose is as follows:
200g good quality dark cooking chocolate
200g butter
1 shot of espresso
85g self-raising flour
85g plain flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
200g light muscovado sugar
200g caster sugar
25g coco powder
3 eggs
75ml buttermilk
For the gnash:
200g good quality dark cooking chocolate
284ml double cream
2 tbsp caster sugar
Word of warning though, the consistency of this cake is so much like a chocolate brownie which on one hand is incredible! but it does tend to crumble around the edges a little more than other recipes. As long as your careful though it should all be fine just keep layering your cake with the chocolate gnash between each one and keep the faith even if it looks a little awkward at first!
Cover all of your layers in the cooled chocolate gnash topping and make the log patterns down the sides and over the top using a fork. At this point id pop the cake in the fridge whilst you make your bunny (or any other Easter decoration)
Finally add the finishing touches to your cake and you are all ready for Easter!
Let me know if you give this a try or an other Easter Treats you make!
Thank you for reading :)
Katie xxx
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