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Chocolate owl cake
Photo: David Holifield

Chocolate owl cake

20 ingredients Serves 25 openrecipes
Chocolate owl cake

A fun chocolate birthday cake decorated with buttons, biscuits and marzipan - bound to be a hit with young children

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1217
Calories
32g
Protein
47g
Fat
160g
Carbs

Counts 9 of 11 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Biscuit 1 medium (45g) 166
Chocolate 1 oz (28g) semisweet 155
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Marzipan not in our table 0
Icing 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

  • 325g butter
  • 325g plain chocolate
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 325g plain flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 450g light soft brown sugar
  • 5 large eggs
  • 300ml soured cream
  • 250g butter
  • 350g icing sugar , sieved
  • 50g cocoa , sieved
  • 2 tbsp milk
  • 8 giant white chocolate buttons
  • 2 packs milk chocolate buttons
  • 2 chocolate Flake bars
  • 60g yellow marzipan
  • 125g pack chocolate finger biscuits
  • candles (optional)
  • writing icing (optional)

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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