Photo: David Holifield
‘I can’t believe you made that’ cake
15 ingredients
1 hr + 1 hr
Serves 10-12
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This cake is dramatic, delicious and versatile: decorate with fresh flowers for a christening or wedding cake, top with strawberries or raspberries for something girly, or add quartered figs for a Father’s day cake.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
1257
Calories
32g
Protein
50g
Fat
174g
Carbs
Counts 11 of 13 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 11 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| 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 |
| Raspberry | 1 cup (123g) | 64 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Strawberry | 1 cup (152g) | 49 |
| Fig | 1 medium (50g) | 37 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Flower | not in our table | 0 |
| Cake | 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
- or oil spray vegetable oil
- 200g/7oz butter
- 200g/7oz caster sugar
- 4 free-range eggs
- 140g/5oz plain flour
- 60g/2½oz cocoa powder
- pinch salt
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 400g/14oz plain, milk, or white chocolate cigarillos (about 75–80 in total)
- 250g/9oz butter
- 500g/1lb 2oz icing sugar
- 100g/3½oz good dark chocolate
- fresh flowers, for a Christening cake
- or raspberries, for the girls strawberries
- , quartered, for the boys figs
Directions
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By bbcfood ·
Recipe sourced from
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