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Chocolate Rudolph Cake
Christmas is coming! Our cute and tasty Chocolate Rudolph Cake recipe is ideal for sharing with friends and family.
Christmas is coming! Our cute and tasty Chocolate Rudolph Cake recipe is ideal for sharing with friends and family.
Prep time
30 minutes
Cooking time
1 hour
Servings
12
Difficulty
Medium
Ingredients
Cake
225 grams Stork
225g caster sugar
4 medium eggs
40g cocoa powder dissolved in
4-5 tablespoons hot water
225g self-raising flour, sieved
Chocolate Frosting
175 grams Stork
325g icing sugar
25g cocoa powder
1 dessertspoon (10ml) milk
Decorations
150g dark chocolate chips
1 x red bauble
White ready to roll icing
Instructions
Steps
Place Stork and sugar in a mixing bowl and beat together until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time and then beat in the cocoa mix.
Fold in the flour and place in two deep, greased and bottom-lined 18cm (7 inch) cake tins. Smooth tops.
Bake in oven 180°C, 160°C fan, Gas mark 4 middle shelf, for 45-55 minutes. Transfer from the tins to a wire rack to cool completely.
Roll out a little white ready to roll icing and cut out 2 circles for the eyes, set to one side.
Reserve 8 chocolate chips for the face decoration and gently melt the remaining. Use a little of the melted chocolate to create pupils in the centres of the eyes and allow to set.
Lay a sheet of baking paper over the antler template. Spread the remaining melted chocolate thickly with a palette knife to form the antlers and place in the fridge to set.
To make the frosting beat together the Stork, milk, icing sugar and cocoa powder until evenly combined.
To assemble trim the domed tops from the cakes if necessary and sandwich together with a layer of chocolate frosting. Coat the sides and top with the remaining frosting using a palette knife.
Place the red bauble in position for the reindeers nose, and press the eyes lightly onto the frosting. Add the reserved chocolate chips to the sides of the reindeers face.
Lastly take the antlers from the fridge, use a sharp knife to cut 2 slots into the top of the cake and gently set the antlers into position in the slots on the top of the cake.
