Muddy Halloween Chocolate Cake
I am loving taking the time to make/bake/cook a recipe every week for Foodie Friday. It is very exciting actually as I need to keep up with the theme too.
This week I baked for you a Muddy Chocolate Cake inspired by a cake found in Roald Dahl’s – Completely Revolting Recipes:
And here is the recipe I end up with:
For the sponge:
225g plain chocolate
175 unsalted butter, softened
225h caster sugar
4 tbsp plain flour
6 eggs separated
For the Coating:
225g dark chocolate Hadleigh Maid’s Baking Buttons
225h double cream(smantana grouse)
What else you will need:
Halloween sweets
20cm cake tin
greaseproof paper
saucepan
skewer
wire rack
palette knife
Preparation:
Preheat the oven at 180C.
Grease and line the cake tin with greaseproof paper.
Melt the chocolate in a pyrex bowl , over a saucepan of simmering water or on a low heat in a microwave.
Mix in the butter and stir until melted.
Add the flour, sugar and lightly beaten egg yolks.
In a separate bowl whisk the eggs until stiff.
Gently fold half of the whites into the chocolate mixture, mixing throughly.
Then carefully fold in the remaining whites.
Bake for approx. 35 minutes. There will be a thin crust on top of the cake and if tested with a skewer the inside will appear insufficiently cooked but don’t worry as this is the character of the cake and it gets firmer as it cools. This cake is deliciously moist and light.
Leave it to cool in the tin on a wire rack.
When is cool enough then remove it from the tin and discard the greaseproof paper.
Lay it on a cake plate.Now prepare the coating.
Using a pyrex bowl again over a saucepan of simmering water melt the chocolate.
When all melted take of the simmering pan and mix in the cream.
Let it cool for 15 minutes or so and then spread over the cake.
Now let your child add the Halloween Sweets and there you have it – Muddy Halloween Chocolate Cake!
I highly recommend the Roald Dahl’s book it is so fun for the kids especially!
Happy Halloween!
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53 Comments
Boo Roo and Tigger Too
I really love the cake, especially as it is based on a Roald Dahl creation – so much fun to make and even better to eat
Otilia
Oh yes! And we have in plan to try some more of the recipes in that book! My eldest is insisting 🙂
Cheryl - Madhouse Family Reviews
I haven’t had time to link up lately but I’m back in the game ! Love the cake – you should link up to Galina’s #readcookeat challenge on Chez Maximka 🙂
Otilia
oh nice thank you. i didn’t know about her linky
Becky
ooh it all looks yummy and spooky
Otilia
it was yummy and finished in less than 24hours
Otilia
it was yummy and finished in less than 24hours
julie
we have a recipe book called Roald Dahls even more revolting recipes that I bought from our library book sale I think it cost 20 or 30p . And what fun we have with it. They all taste nice. I am going to try your cake with with the kids help for Halloween and also the recipe you posted for the Halloween cake pops , they looked great.
Otilia
Oh…I am going to look for that one! Let me know how it goes 🙂
julie
We have the Roald Dahls revolting recipes book that we bought from our library book sale I think we payed 20 or 30p we have had so much fun with it , I will be trying your recipe with the kids help for Halloween and also your cake pops , they look great.
Verily Victoria Vocalises
Wow, that cake looks awesome! I am looking for ideas for our Halloween party on Thursday so I will try and link up by then 🙂 Thank you for linking to PoCoLo 🙂 x
Otilia
thank you Vic. you can still link up open for another week
You Baby Me Mummy
What a great book. That’s a really fun idea and your cake looks amazing! x
Otilia
Thank you lovely nice to hear
Rebecca U
This looks great. My son would love it – especially with the spooky gummy sweets
Otilia
the spooky gummy sweets are the best part and they were fighting for them
Emma TheMiniMesAndMe
Lots of fab food to take a peek at here! I’ve just added one but I have a fee more scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday x
Otilia
cool. I am hoping to see more as the linky is still open
Sonya Cisco
The cake looks FAB, I cant wait to make some scary treats with my boys this week!
Otilia
Hope you had a lovely Halloween!
Jen aka The Mad House
A bruce bogtroter cake. How ace!
Alison
This looks fabulous, love the fact its based on a roahl dahl recipe
Erika
I tried to make some pumpkin muffins but they came out a little gooey… then tried to make day of the dead bread, and that came out delicious but not so pretty… so I have nothing to share for the theme 🙁 However, I am sharing my favorite scary books! Anyhow, I will try the book you recommend. Sounds awesome!
Otilia
Sometimes we have to show our disasters too Erika. Thank you for visiting and there is always next week 🙂
Amy Squires
The cake looks awesome and perfect for Halloween. I think I’ll be spending my next hour looking through all the links as there are so many great looking halloween ideas! Thanks for sharing!
Otilia
There are lots of fab recipes you are right!
Pinkoddy
OMG yummy – the kids would love this, and we already have lots of Halloween sweets.
Otilia
yes it is a good way to use the Halloween sweets 🙂
Hannah Staveley
That looks so yummy just love baking cakes , this one looks so much fun .
Otilia
It was really fun and i love it has just a tiny bit of flour!
Andrea
What a lovely cake, Liv would really enjoy decorating that!
Otilia
I think next time I will need to be even more inventive 🙂
Stephen
The cake looks and sounds great, anything chocolate gets my vote… now where is that ice-cream!
Otilia
oh yes. serving it with ice cream would be really good!
Rachel
Lovely sounding cake you have here, what a good idea x
Otilia
Thank you Rachel. Ronald’s Dahl book is to think really 🙂
Louisa
Gosh, this looks wonderful for a special treat.
Carolynne @ Mummy Endeavours
I’m not much of a cook but my kids would love me forever if I made this for them! Might have a go… 🙂 Looks yummy
Otilia
oh definitely let me know if you do 🙂
Lori
Any sort of chocolate cake wouldn’t last five seconds in our house! This looks like a really fun to make with little ones. X
Otilia
It is really fun! My girls were chasing the chocolate 🙂 And it was eaten quite fast!
Jenny
WOW this cake looks absolutely amazing. I am so impressed I want some now. Just joining in for the first time from foodie friday facebook page! Hope I followed the rules right I share a weekly recipe on my blog so great to have a link up for it too! 🙂
Otilia
Thank you Jenny! How great to have you join in 🙂 We are here and over at Casa Costello every week 🙂
Healthier Mummy
My daughter’s a chocolate fiend – she would absolutely adore this cake. Looks suitably spooky!
Kara
Some fabulous ideas here
VaiChin @RamblingThroughParenthood
I don’t think there is anything at all revolting about that cake. Looks super scrumptious to me!
Otilia
Thanks it was very delicious indeed
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Laura
Oh my goodness, your cake looks delicious! I NEED to make this *drools*
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JuggleMum, Nadine Hill (@Businessmum)
I love your festive recipe for Halloween! I have linked up a hearty chilli – thanks for hosting:-)
Otilia
Thanks for linking up Nadine!
Nayna Kanabar (@SIMPLYF00D)
Cake looks delicious and so chocolatey.I love the linky idea.