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Halloween Chocolate Ghost Cake
A rich, fudgy chocolate cake decorated with ghost meringues and chocolate ganache for Halloween.
Prep time
About 10 min
Cook time
1 hr 10 min
Total time
About 1 hr 20 min
Ingredients
6
Steps
9
Filed under: dessert, cake, baking, chocolate.
Source channel: Gem
Key ingredients
gam light muscab sugar, jam dark chocolate chips, egg whites, sugar, cornflour.
Ingredients
- gam light muscab sugar
- jam dark chocolate chips
- egg whites
- sugar
- cornflour
- cream
Method
- Whisk together dry ingredients including gam light muscab sugar and jam dark chocolate chips.
- Add wet ingredients and whisk until a light, silky soft cake batter forms.
- Pour the batter into a prepared tin and bake in a preheated oven for around 60-70 minutes.
- Allow the cake to cool completely before decorating.
- Make ghost meringues by whisking egg whites and adding sugar and cornflour mixture until thick and glossy.
- Pipe the meringue kisses onto a baking sheet and bake until baked and cooled.
- Create chocolate ganache by melting chocolate and cream together until soft and velvety.
- Pour the ganache over the cooled cake.
- Decorate the cake with ghost meringues, adding three dots with chocolate for eyes and a mouth.