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Add a photoThis cute and smiling monkey face 1st birthday chocolate cake recipe will be a hit at your child's first birthday party and earn you many smiling and frosting-covered faces. this 1st birthday cake recipe will surely make your child's birthday extra special.
Ingredientes
- Items needed for the cake:
- 1/3 cup of plain flour
- 1/3 cup of corn flour
- 1/3 cup of self-raising flour
- 4 tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa powder
- 4 eggs at room temperature
- 2/3 cup of castor sugar
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence (you can use any essence of your choice)
- Items needed to decorate the cake:
- 2 fresh chocolate covered doughnuts
- 1 cup of fresh vanilla frosting
- 1/2 cup of chocolate sprinklers
- 2 1/2 cups of chocolate frosting
- 2 brown jelly beans or M&Ms
- 2 Oreo cookies
- 2 teaspoons of mixed fruit jam
- 1 chocolate twizzler
- Piping bags
Direcciones
- Preparation:
- - Preheat the oven to 180C.
- - Grease a 9-inch cake pan using a little oil and flour.
- - Separate the whites and yolks of the eggs.
- - Beat the egg whites using an electric blender until the mixture doubles in volume and soft peaks are formed.
- - Add the egg yolks to it, along with the sugar, and beat until you get a pale yellow mix which is three times the volume.
- - Add the vanilla essence to the mix.
- - In a bowl, mix the flours and cocoa powder together.
- - Add the flour and cocoa mix to the egg mixture and fold the mix well.
- - Pour the batter in the cake pan.
- - Bake in the preheated oven for about 25-30 minutes.
- - Remove the cake from the pan and cool on a wire rack before decorating.
- Preparation:
- - Place the cake on a 15-inch serving board.
- - Trim the top sides of the cake about 1/2 inch from each side and discard the sides.
- - Trim the doughnuts about 1 inch from the sides.
- - Arrange the cut doughnuts on the cut sides of the cake to make monkey's ears.
- - Spread a thick layer of chocolate frosting on the top half of the cake and cover the sides too.
- - Add a few drops of red food coloring to 1/2 cup of vanilla frosting to get a pale pink color.
- - Use this frosting on the lower half of the cake to form the mouth and chin portion of the cake. Make it in a kidney bean shape.
- - Use the jelly beans in the center of the cake to make the nose.
- - Pipe the jam on the lower portion of the face in the shape of a smile.
- - Pipe some vanilla frosting in the form of 2 circles on the top half of the cake in place of eyes and place the Oreo cookies in the center of each circle.
- - Press the chocolate sprinklers on the chocolate frosting and scrape the twizzler over the top to form the hair of the monkey.
- - Cool in the fridge before serving.
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Nutrition Facts
| Amount Per Serving | %DV |
|---|---|
| Serving Size 248g | |
| Recipe makes 5 servings | |
| Calories 876 | |
| Calories from Fat 114 | 13% |
| Total Fat 12.85g | 16% |
| Saturated Fat 1.16g | 5% |
| Trans Fat 0.0g | |
| Cholesterol 149mg | 50% |
| Sodium 253mg | 11% |
| Potassium 319mg | 9% |
| Total Carbs 191.49g | 51% |
| Dietary Fiber 4.2g | 14% |
| Sugars 17.18g | 11% |
| Protein 9.33g | 15% |
