Dessert
Spooky Heart-Shaped Chocolate Gender Reveal Cake
2 hServes 12Nutri-Score D€€
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2 h
2 hSpooky Heart-Shaped Chocolate Gender Reveal Cake
what you need
Ingredients
chocolate cake (baked and cooled, ready to carve)Bakery900 g- chocolate fudge filling (at room temperature)Pantry300 g
buttercream (for coating and scraping)Dairy700 g
gray food coloring (gel or liquid, for the base color)Other5 ml
per serving
Nutrition
417kcal
- Carbs
- 52 g
- Proteins
- 4 g
- Fat
- 22 g
what you’ll use
Tools
Cake pan
offset spatula- Bench scraper
- cake board
- cake turntable
step by step
Method
- Step 1
Bake the chocolate cake
- Bake the chocolate cake layers and let them cool completely.
- Level the tops and keep the scraps for a taste test.
- Step 2
Fill with chocolate fudge
- Spread the chocolate fudge filling between the cake layers.
- Stack the layers and chill until firm.
- Step 3
Carve the heart shape
- Carve the chilled cake into a heart shape with a sharp knife.
- Work with cold cake and firm buttercream so the edges stay crisp and sharp.
- Step 4
Coat and scrape with buttercream
- Coat the whole cake with buttercream.
- Scrape the sides smooth with a bench scraper, repeating until the surface is even.
- Step 5
Add the gray base color
- Tint the remaining buttercream gray.
- Coat the cake with the gray buttercream and scrape it smooth for the spooky look.
- Step 6
Chill and finish
- Chill the cake so the buttercream sets.
- Add the burn-away topper and reveal the gender.