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Christmas Candle Cakes
Festive chocolate sponge cakes shaped like candles, filled with cocoa cream cheese and coated in white chocolate.
From YouTube · Jan 5, 2026
Festive chocolate sponge cakes shaped like candles, filled with cocoa cream cheese and coated in white chocolate.
50 min
Prep time
15 min
Cook time
1 hr 45 min
Total time
8
Yield
Ingredients
14 ingredients- CHOCOLATE SPONGE
- 2 eggs
- 100 g sugar
- 50 ml vegetable oil
- 150 ml milk
- 40 g cocoa powder
- 10 g baking powder
- 200 g plain flour
- CHOCOLATE CREAM
- 250 g cream cheese
- 40 g cocoa powder
- 150 g sweetened condensed milk
- DECORATION
- 300 g white chocolate
- 15 ml vegetable oil
- 8 almonds, for the candle flames
Method
17 steps- Preheat the oven to 170°C (338°F).
- Grease and line a shallow baking tin.
- Whisk the eggs and sugar until combined and slightly foamy.
- Add the vegetable oil and milk.
- Sift in the cocoa powder, baking powder and flour.
- Mix gently until smooth.
- Pour the batter into the prepared tin.
- Bake for approximately 15 minutes.
- Leave the sponge to cool completely.
- Mix the cream cheese, cocoa powder and condensed milk until smooth.
- Cut or crumble the sponge and combine it with enough cream to hold its shape.
- Form the mixture into eight short candle shapes.
- Chill until firm.
- Melt the white chocolate with the vegetable oil.
- Coat each candle cake with the white chocolate.
- Insert an almond into the top of each cake to resemble a flame.
- Leave the coating to set before serving.
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