Photo: David Holifield
Secret squirrel cake
72 ingredients
Makes 1 x 3-tier celebration cake
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This cake is made up of marble cake tree trunks with a chocolate and hazelnut squirrel hidden inside. A chocolate and hazelnut coating produces the effect of the trunk’s bark. All accompanied with edible foliage, including chocolate coconut and biscuit acorns, leaves, twigs and of course nuts!
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
1490
Calories
33g
Protein
84g
Fat
150g
Carbs
Counts 15 of 19 ingredients — the other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 15 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Coconut | 1/2 cup shredded (40g) | 283 |
| Chocolate | 1 oz (28g) semisweet | 155 |
| Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Walnut | 1 walnut half (4g) | 26 |
| Vanilla | 1 tsp extract (4ml) | 12 |
| Almond | 1 almond (1.2g) | 7 |
| Ginger | 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) | 2 |
| Bay Leaf | 1 leaf (0.6g) | 2 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Coffee | not in our table | 0 |
| Hazelnut | not in our table | 0 |
| Syrup | not in our table | 0 |
| Rose | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 225g/8oz plain flour
- 25g/1oz ground almonds
- 175g/6oz butter
- 175g/6oz golden caster sugar
- 3 free-range eggs
- 1½ tsp baking powder
- 3 tbsp almond
- 1 tsp almond extract
- 150g/5½oz dark chocolate
- 300g/10½oz plain flour
- 100g/3½oz ground walnuts
- 4 tsp baking powder
- 100g/3½oz soured cream
- 4 free-range eggs
- 50ml/2fl oz milk
- 1 tsp vanilla or walnut
- 2 tsp instant coffee granules
- 200g/7oz butter
- 300g/10oz golden caster sugar
- 50ml/2fl oz walnut oil
- 150g/5½oz milk chocolate
- 50ml/2fl oz plain flour
- 100g/3½oz ground hazelnuts
- 4 tsp baking powder
- 100g/3½oz soured cream
- 4 free-range eggs
- 50ml/2fl oz hazelnut
- 1 tsp hazelnut
- 200g/7oz butter
- 50g/1¾oz golden caster sugar
- 50ml/2fl oz hazelnut oil
- 100g/3½oz white chocolate
- 300g/10½oz plain flour
- 100g/3½oz ground almonds
- 4 tsp baking powder
- 200g/7oz butter
- 50ml/2fl oz almond
- 300g/10½oz golden caster sugar
- 100g/3½oz soured cream
- 1 tsp almond extract
- 4 free-range eggs
- 50ml/2fl oz almond
- 175g/6oz plain flour
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp mixed spice
- pinch of salt
- ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 85g/3oz unsalted butter
- 75g/2½oz dark muscovado sugar
- 2 tbsp golden syrup
- 1 free-range egg yolk
- 600ml/20fl oz double cream
- 400g/14oz dark chocolate
- 200g/7oz milk chocolate
- ½ tsp almond extract
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 500g/1lb 2oz butter
- 1kg/2lb 4oz golden icing sugar
- 5 tbsp hazelnut
- 100g/3½oz ground toasted hazelnuts
- 5 tbsp chocolate
- 300g/10½oz milk chocolate
- 300g/10½oz dark chocolate
- handful rose leaves
- handful bay leaves
- 80g/3oz desiccated coconut
- 50g/1¾oz whole almonds
- 50g/1¾oz whole hazelnuts
- 50g/1¾oz walnuts
- 750g/1lb 10oz jar of chocolate
- , for greasing hazelnut oil
- selection of nuts
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