This month was Lancaster Clandestine Cake Club’s 1st
birthday and like all birthday parties this one needed lots of birthday cakes.
The cake I decided to make is the one that my mum has made me for many
birthdays. Chocolate and vanilla marble cake, in a ring shape, covered in
chocolate with marshmallows in the middle.
Method
This is another standard sponge; one half with some vanilla
essence and the other half with cocoa powder. My new tin was huge so after
making two lots of 2 egg batter, I had to add another vanilla 2 egg batter on
top. I greased the tin well with margarine because I really didn’t want the
cake to stick. The batter went into the tin in stripes and was swirled around a
bit to get the marble effect. The cake took about 30 mins to cook in the oven
and I then left it to cool over night.
The next morning I used dark cooking chocolate (4 whole
bars) to totally cover the cake. I then decorated with chocolate curls and pink
sprinkles. Finally I filled the hole with twisty marshmallows. The cake just
about got in the fridge so it would set in time for the party.
Results
My overall impression of this cake was that it was HUGE. It
was just as well that I was taking it to a party!
For the chocolate bit of the cake I had substituted ¼ of the
flour for cocoa powder. This gave it a really dark colour and rich flavour but
I think it did affect the texture and made the cake crumblier. Although usually
you can never have too much chocolate in this case I there was. The chocolate
covering was so thick it was hard to cut the cake. But all in all I think it
went down well.
Score: 8/10 (but not as good as my Mum’s)
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