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Halloween Chocolate Cake Recipe

Halloween Chocolate Cake Recipe

mdi_userAtsi Thepa
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Author :Atsi Thepa
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Published : 1671983820000

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Difficulty:medium

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Serves:8

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Time:3 hours

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Contains egg: Yes

For the Halloween Cake

  • 2½ cups AP flour
  • 1 cup Cadbury Cocoa PowderBuy
  • 2 tbsp baking soda
  • 1½ cups baking powder
  • 2½ cups caster sugar
  • 1¼ tsp salt
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • 1½ cups buttermilk
  • 1½ cups coffee or water
  • 3 eggs
  • ¾ cup Vegetable oil
  • 2½ tsp Vanilla extract
  • 1 cup Roasted almonds (chopped)
  • 1 cup Cadbury Dairy Milk Silk (chopped)Buy

For the frosting

  • 2 cups Whipped cream
  • 6 drops Orange gel food colour
  • ¼ cup Fresh cream
  • 1 cup Cadbury Dairy Milk Silk

For the Filling

  • ¾ cup Cadbury Roasted Almond SilkBuy
  • ¾ g Roasted almonds (chopped)
  • Whipped cream in piping bag
  • 1 cup Chocolate ganache (melted chocolate prepared earlier)

Directions

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Measure the ingredients.

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Sift all the dry ingredients in one bowl and set aside.

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Grease and line 3 8-inch round pans with parchment paper. Set aside. Preheat oven to 180°C.

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Measure the ingredients.

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Mix buttermilk, coffee (or water), eggs, oil, vanilla extract in another bowl. Mix until well combined.

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Add the wet mixture to the dry, whisk till combined.

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Lastly, add the roasted almonds & Cadbury Dairy Milk Silk and gently fold, do not over mix.

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Pour 1/3rd of the batter into one of the prepared pans. Repeat twice.

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Bake for about 30-35 mins. Insert a toothpick in the cake. If it comes out clean, the cake is baked. Take the batter out.

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Allow the cake to cool for 5-10 mins before taking it out of the pan, then cool on a wire rack.

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Trim off the top of the cake if it is domed. Repeat this twice.

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Measure all the ingredients for frosting.

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Whip the cream in a chilled bowl till it forms stiff peaks. Keep 1 1/2 cup of whipped cream aside in a piping bag.

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Add orange food colouring to the leftover cream and mix well.

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Measure the ingredients for decoration.

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Pour fresh cream in a pan. Heat slightly. Add Cadbury Dairy Milk Silk and let it sit for 5 mins, then gently stir till combined.

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Measure the ingredients for filling. Take a turntable and put some whipped cream on it. Place a cake board on the turntable and spread some of the orange whipped cream.

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Add Cadbury Roasted Almonds Silk along with some roasted almonds. Place another layer of cake and repeat.

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Add whipped cream for the last layer. Smoothen using a cake scraper.

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Spread the chocolate ganache prepared earlier on top of the cake, use a spoon to create drips along the edges.

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Pipe the whipped cream to make ghosts and use the melted chocolate to make eyes. Done!

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