THE White Choc Duplo Cake and A Happy New Year :)

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As it is my first post in this New Year, so here’s wishing you all a peaceful

*Happy New Year*

ahead. May it be a blessed one in every way for all of us. Amen

As I opened my site today I thought Oh God its ages since I uploaded here :( The reason, I had been really busy with a lot, some personal events, and some health seminars and different other issues…
will come up with them and let you all know soon

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 So here I am with another really yummz cake which I made for my Hubby’s Birthday. I wanted to make something different as the normal ones.
I had planned to make a white Choc Cake and then I came up with the idea of the White Duplo Cake.

 

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There started the first problem, we don’t get White Duplo here the whole year, I literally searched for them a whole day, from one super market to the other and finally found them at one store. I had to calculate how many I need for a huge cake. The sales girl was so friendly that she opened a packet and took a packed cake from the shelf and started placing them on the edges to count. How sweet na

 

 

Well so in the end I needed 5 packs of them with 12 each!

I took extra as I wanted to crush some for the icing  : )

 

 

The making is not difficult; it’s the preps that need a good amount of time, and then the setting of the Duplo one by one, first cutting them equally.

I did not pay so much attention at the perfection, as I love the uneven way, after all it is handmade and not bakery made J

 

 

So this is how I prepared this delish cake:

You Need:

1 cup soft butter

2 cups sugar

125 gram white baking chocolate, (melt and let cool down)

4 eggs

1teaspoon Vanilla essence

350 gram all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

125 ml buttermilk

¼ cup water

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Frosting:

500 gr cream cheese (Philadelphia)

220 gr soft butter

125 gram white baking chocolate (melt and let cool down)

250 gr of Raspberry jam (jelly) 

1/2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract

5 level cups of confectioners' sugar (extra fine sugar/Icing sugar

 

 

-take a big bowl and beat the butter till it is creamy white

-add the sugar and beat again till all mixes up

-pour in the melted chocolate and beat all again

-now add the egg one after the other and keep beating

-add the vanilla essence and mix all

-in a separate bowl, combine the flour and the baking soda and sieve it thrice, this is good to give you a very fluffy spongy cake.

You may think just 1 teaspoon of soda, yes you've read it right :) Soda expands and is the best for deacidification,and so the best to use in all bakes and cakes!

- now add the butter milk and the water slowly into the batter and keep beating till all creamy and smooth

-pour this batter into a 28 cm round cake pan and bake in the pre heated oven on 180°C for around 25-30 minutes.

Check with a tooth pick if the cake is done, I use a shashlik stick as it is long and you can prevent your hand against the extreme hot oven : )

Now let the cake cool down completely as we have to cut it in three layers, so it should be really cold and firm.

I let it stay for nearly half the day, covered in the cake box

 

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In the mean while prepared the frosting and the cutting of the Duplos

The duplo bars should not stand too high above the cake so I measured it with the cake and then cut all accordingly.

I crushed 5-6 bars to mix it in the icing for the layers, this gives a nice duplo Choc flavor and increases the taste.

 

 For the Frosting:

-take a large bowl, mix in the cream cheese and butter and beat till fluffy-add the icing sugar gradually and beat till you have a smooth creamy texture

-mix in the confectioners ‘sugar, this is not the normal castor sugar, it is mixed with some corn starch so the cream stays settled for long.

-now take out some cream in an extra bowl and add in the crushed duplo and mix all well

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-cut the cake very carefully into three layers, first spread the jam all over a bit thick layer as it absorbs, then spread the duplo mixed cream on each layer and place them back evenly

-Spread the rest cream evenly on the top and the sides of the cake, the sides will hold the duplo sticks.

-now start placing the duplo round around,  take care that all are equal high, a bit of difference doesn’t  really matter!

 

I tied the duplo bars with a ribbon, so it kept a tight hold of it, I decorated with simple edible sugar flowers on the top, makes it look elegant.

Allow the cake to set well and chill at least over night.

 

It is a divine cake with a really nice rich touch of white Chocolate, you cannot eat a whole big piece of it, so save it for the next day and then enjoy with your coffe or tea : )

 

Do give it a try, it’s not a daily eat cake, but well surely some ones birthday is knocking on your door in the next weeks or months :)

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