I always see drip cakes online and wonder how one person has that much time to devote to a cake. Lockdown as definitely changed my opinion on that. I won't lie to you people - this cake was hard, it was a test of my skill and patience but extremely rewarding. Hey - at least now when I'm scrolling on Instagram I can think to myself 'been there done that!'
For this cake, I baked in a large rectangular oven dish and then measured squares (yes, I actually brought a ruler into the kitchen) of my desired size and stacked each layer with dark chocolate ganache.
CAKE INGREDIENTS!
224g of self raising flour
96g of cocoa
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
220g sugar
112g coconut oil
120g yoghurt
120ml milk
2 tsp vanilla
2 tsp coffee
178ml hot water
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
METHOD
Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius
Sift the self raising flour, cocoa, baking soda and powder, and lastly salt into a bowl
Combine sugar and coconut oil well
Add yoghurt, milk, vinegar, to the mixture of sugar and coconut oil
Mix the coffee and hot water then add to the liquid mixture
Add the sifted ingredients in stages ensuring that there are no lumps
Pour the batter into a greased large baking tin, place in the oven and bake for 35 minutes
GANACHE INGREDIENTS
300g of dark chocolate
150g of double cream
GANACHE METHOD
heat the chocolate until melted
add the double cream and stir until combined
DECORATION TIPS!
This cake was so time consuming because of the many trips to the fridge to harden the ganache. Do not underestimate this step - it is the only reason the cake had a well defined square shape. I completed 3 full layers of ganache before moving onto the drip stage. For the white drip icing I used 50g of white chocolate and 25g of double cream to create another ganache, but this time I placed the mixture into a piping bag and carefully piped around the cake. The chocolate frosting swirls were whipped butter cream but any type of piping fristing should work. Also in between each frosting swirl I placed a piece of biscoff.
The chocolate shards were created by melting both white and dark chocolate and spreading this in a marbled pattern (which I completed with a toothpick) on baking paper. Then I placed the baking paper into the fridge for 30 minutes - the chocolate should peel off easily and you can stick shards into the cake
The chocolate cup was made by spreading chocolate around the inside of a mini cupcake case then placing this into the fridge. After the chocolate had hardened, I peeled off the case and crumbled biscoff into my completed chocolate case.
Other than that, I crumbled any remaining cake onto the top of the cake and empty spots i decorated with chocolate pieces.
Feel free to tag us on Instagram if you have tried this recipe, we love looking at people's recreations!
Yours,
The Humble Veggie x