Easter Chocolate Cake
Easter Chocolate Cake — a Dawn Foods recipe in 3 components. Uses Dawn Dark Devil’s Chocolate Genoese Cake Base 12.5 kg, Ready-to-Use Frosting, Vanilla – 12 kg and Ready-to-Use Frosting, Chocolate – 6 kg.
- mixing time (slow speed)
- 1 min
- mixing time (medium speed)
- 4 min
- water addition time (slow speed)
- 1 min
- mixing time after scraping down (slow speed)
- 1 min
- batter weight per 6" tin
- 250 g
- baking temperature
- 175 °C
- baking time
- 25-28 min
- chilling time (chocolate frosting coat)
- 30-60 min
Ingredients
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Dawn Dark Devil’s Chocolate Genoese Cake Base 12.5 kg | 1000 g |
| Chocolate Bunny Butt | 1 pcs |
| Chocolate Mini Eggs | 200 g |
| Green Food Colouring | |
| Yellow / Blue / Pink Food Colourings (optional) | |
| Water (1) | 420 g |
| Vegetable oil | 110 g |
| Water (2) | 2200 g |
Filling & Topping
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Ready-to-Use Frosting, Vanilla – 12 kg |
Coating Sides
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Ready-to-Use Frosting, Chocolate – 6 kg |
Method
Prep: Add the Dawn Genoese Cake Mix, water (1) and vegetable oil to a mixing bowl fitted with a beater.
Prep: Mix for 1 minute on slow speed and then 4 minutes on medium speed.
Prep: Add water (2) over a minute while mixing on slow speed.
Prep: Scrape down, then mix for a further 1 minute on slow speed.
Prep: Deposit 250 g of batter into the prepared 6" round pans.
Bake: Bake at 175 °C for 25-28 minutes.
Bake: Allow to cool thoroughly, trim the tops to level if needed.
Finish, step 1 (optional; you can use plain Vanilla Frosting or one colour if desired): Place some Dawn Vanilla Frosting into 3 separate bowls and colour them using the yellow, blue and pink food colours.
Finish, step 1: Place the coloured frosting into piping bags and sandwich 3 cooled sponges together by piping alternate rings of the coloured frosting on each layer.
Finish, step 2: Coat the whole cake with a thin layer of Dawn Chocolate Frosting and place into a chiller / freezer for 30-60 minutes.
Finish, step 2: Apply a further thicker layer to the sides of the cake and use a comb scraper to even out.
Finish, step 2: Place into the freezer until the ridges on the comb-scraped frosting are firm.
Finish, step 2: Soften some Dawn Vanilla Frosting and pipe into the grooves of the comb-scraped chocolate frosting.
Finish, step 2: Using a flat-edged scraper, smooth out the vanilla frosting so that you have alternate bands of chocolate and vanilla.
Finish, step 3: Colour some Dawn Vanilla Frosting using the green food colouring.
Finish, step 3: Pipe on top of the cake using a grass-effect piping tube.
Finish, step 3: Decorate the top with a Chocolate Bunny Butt and chocolate mini eggs.
Dawn Foods recipe. Quantities and method as published by the manufacturer for its customers; test the formula under your own conditions before production.