Sift the flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt together. Line the base of the tin with baking parchment paper. Method : Preheat the oven 170C/150C fan, gas mark 3, 325F Making the Cake:įirst of all, butter the base and sides of a 10″ Springform cake tin. Optional – 2Tbsp Bailey’s Chocolate or Bailey’s liqueurĪssorted sprinkles, stars and ebible glitter dust Follow the packet instructions for baking and then decorate as given below.ġ00g/4oz Dark Chocolate minimum 70% CocoaĢ00g/7oz Milk Chocolate minimum 35% Cocoa I’m not sure if it’s richness would be enjoyed by younger children, even with the absence of liqueur? Recipe : Makes 1 x 10″ Chocolate Sparkle Cakeġtsp Vanilla Extract – I use Nielsen-MasseyĪlternatively – Wright’s Baking Chocolate Fudge Cake Mix would also work really well for this cake if you haven’t the time or energy to bake from scratch. All three of our children and all the adults loved it. I would say that this cake is both decadant and rich. Our youngest is 13 years old so I was happy for him to have a very small, diluted amount. I only used a small amount and it is totally fine to leave it out altogether. Mmm another brilliant decision, I was truly on a roll! I happened to have an unopened bottle of Chocolate Bailey’s Luxe. What really sends this cake over the top flavour-wise is the addition of liqueur to the chocolate ganache. This is one ingredient I will be experimenting with more, that’s for sure. Because you cannot taste the sour cream in the baked cake, however, the baked cake has such a moist, tender crumb. I’d seen Ina Garten add it to many of her bakes and figured it was worth a try. Since adding cocoa to any batter has a drying effect, so to counter that I added sour cream. A slice of dreamy Chocolate Sparkle Cake.Īnd, knowing that I didn’t want a layer cake, it was important to ensure the cake itself was as moist as possible. Thus the Chocolate Sparkle Cake idea was formed in my head. I wanted a deep, chocolatey, moist cake, smothered in thick, glossy, chocolate ganache and then topped with as many sprinkles I could get my hands on. So being our children meant this had to be a Chocolate Cake. Chocolate Sparkle Cake It has to be chocolate: While they were out I wanted to make a cake, that on their return would make them say “Wow” and remind them of the fun they’d had. Our children were being taken to an amazing fireworks party by my wonderful sister and brother-in-law, along with their cousins. So, this cake was inspired by Bonfire Night ( November 5th if you’re not from the UK). It’s ok you can read through once you’ve looked at all the photo’s – I would!!! Welcome to my Chocolate Sparkle Cake! Chocolate Sparkle Cake Ooh hello my lovelies, have I got a treat for you today? Yes of course I have and a dazzling one at that.
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