Chocolate Number Cake Guide How To Design And 7 Design Ideas To Follow
Written by jheelum basu | October 1, 2024
Chocolate cakes and celebrations are often synonymous. When it comes to a milestone celebration like a birthday or anniversary, absolutely nothing suits the occasion better than a chocolate cake baked with love and passion. And, these chocolate number cakes never fail to add more fun to the celebrations.
Carved into the shape of specific digits that define the occasion, these cakes simply add life to the celebrations like nothing else. And the best part is, from the simple and elegant ones to the chocolate overload cakes, one can play around with countless flavors, designs, and garnishes. These chocolate number cakes look good in almost everything.
The best way to carve these cakes into the number shapes is to first bake a chocolate sponge cake in rectangular pans and then hand-cut them using templates to form numbers. Once done, two thin layers of cake can be first sandwiched with piped dollops of chocolate cream or ganache and then topped with garnishes like cookies, buttercream frosting, chocolate shavings, sprinkles, fondants, glazes, and more.
What Makes The Chocolate Numbered Cakes So Special?
These chocolate number cakes are adored by so many for adding an intensely personal touch to the theme of the celebration, while carrying an attention-drawing aesthetic. Be it a birthday, anniversary, graduation, or a farewell ceremony, these cakes make the occasion more personal. Moreover, the structured design of the cakes also creates room for creative decorations with toppings such as berries, macaroons, fondant-made edible flowers, or piped icing.
How To Design A Chocolate Numbered Cake
Designing the chocolate number cake always starts with baking a spongy and fluffy base chocolate cake, cutting it into the desired number and shape, and then garnishing it. Here’s a look at how to do it to achieve perfection.
- Bake the two chocolate sponge cakes in two separate rectangular pans
- Once it is out of the oven, allow it to come to room temperature
- Next, let the cake layers chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes at least before cutting
- This makes handling easier as the cake sets well
- To create the number template, either draw or print the number on a piece of paper that fits the size of the cake
- Once the cakes come to room temperature, place the template on the cakes and cut it out accordingly using a sharp and slightly warm knife
- Now, assemble the two cake layers by placing some buttercream frosting in between, and cover the assembled cake with the same frosting
- Decorate: Refrigerate the assembled cake for 30 minutes again and then garnish it to create the signature ‘loaded’ look with macarons, berries, sprinkles, chocolates, and edible flowers
7 Ideas To Make Chocolate Numbered Cakes
While these chocolate number cakes are popular for their layers, shapes, and how they look, the most interesting part lies in the fact that they can be customized easily. Here are a few ideas for a perfect chocolate number cake to try at home.
Dark Chocolate Overload Cake:
Here, a dark chocolate number cake can be covered with chocolate buttercream and garnished with chocolate bars, truffles, chocolate chips, or some chocolate glaze.
A pipe-frosted chocolate cake:
In this one, the chocolate number cake can be covered with matte brown chocolate pipe frosting and topped with some gold leaf, macarons, and sprinkles.
Chocolate Sprinkle Cake:
This one is all about covering the ganache-layered chocolate cake with colorful sprinkles with chocolate numbers as toppers.
Cookie Style Cake:
To make this kind of chocolate number cake, create number-shaped cakes using brownies or soft cookies and top them with piped chocolate frosting.
A Simple Chocolate Cake:
To create this simple look, simply use some melted chocolate to create a glaze and cover the cake with it. One may garnish this with some chopped nuts and berries on top.
Chocolate And Strawberry Cream:
Here, a chocolate sponge base is covered with a generous amount of strawberry buttercream, fresh strawberries, and dark chocolate drizzles.
Layered Buttercream Design:
To make this, prepare two different flavors of buttercream and pipe them alternately in a swirling pattern over a chocolate number cake.
Conclusion
: Baking a chocolate cake for someone special is itself a love language. And when it comes to a special occasion, make it even more special with these chocolate number cakes.