C - Chocolate Cake with Spotted Chocolate Collar
A sinful chocolate cake with chocolate frosting, chocolate garnish and a chocolate collar.
Cuisine American, International Cuisine
Prep Time 25 minutes minutes Total Time 1 hour hour 25 minutes minutes
Cake
- 200 gms all purpose flour
- 400 gms condensed milk
- 4 tbsp cocoa powder
- 4 tbsp butter room temperature
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 200 ml aerated drink
For Moistening
- 1/4 cup aerated drink
- 1 tsp chocolate essence
For Filling and Frosting
- 400 gms dark chocolate
- 2oo gms whipping cream
- 4 tbsp butter
Cake
Sieve the flour, baking powder, baking soda and cocoa powder.
Mix butter and condensed milk.
Add flour mix and aerated drink to this mix.
Beat the ingredients till a smooth batter is formed.
Pour into a lined greased baking tin.
Bake at 180 deg C for 30 -35 minutes or till done.
For Filling and Frosting
Melt the chocolate and cream.
Add butter and remove from fire.
Let it come to room temperature.
For the Chocolate Collar
Use a piece of string to measure the circumference of your cake.
Measure how high you'd like the collar to go
Cut a strip of baking paper the same length and height and place on a flat surface.
Melt milk chocolate in a double boiler till it melts. Place in a piping bag. Pipe circles on the baking paper. Set aside to set .
Pour the tempered dark chocolate over the complete strip, smear with a spatula and allow to set.
Let the chocolate collar sit undisturbed until the chocolate loses its sheen and has set. but not dried or become hard.
Lift the collar gently and wrap it around the cake, removing the strip.
Assembling the Cake
Once the cake is baked, let it cool .
Cut the cake in two layers.
Moisten the cake with coke mix on both sides.
Spread the filling and place the other half of the cake on top.
Spread the rest of the frosting on top, you need not be very neat on it as we are going to garnish it with chocolate.
Make the chocolate collar and wrap it around the cake.
Garnish with shredded chocolate.