Ring Cakes are a little bit out of the ordinary and this next recipe even more so — thanks to the delights of the secret filling inside. You need to take a bit of care with the preparation, but it’ll be worth it when your guests take their first slice and discover what awaits them. And once you’ve tried it this way, why not experiment with some other fillings? The possibilities are endless!
Ring Shaped Surprise Cake
Equipment
- Ring cake pan
- Electric whisk
Ingredients
- 250 g soft butter
- 200 g sugar
- 4 eggs
- 120 ml milk
- 1 tsp vanilla flavoring
- 150 g melted dark chocolate couverture
- 330 g flour
- 5 tbsp cocoa
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 250 g cream cheese
- 200 g sugar
- 120 ml cream
- 2 bananas, sliced
- 10 strawberries
- 170 g melted milk chocolate couverture
- 100 g melted white chocolate couverture
Instructions
- Mix the butter and sugar together with an electric whisk until fluffy. While continuing to stir, add the eggs, milk, vanilla flavoring, melted dark chocolate couverture, flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt until a smooth batter is created. Transfer the batter to a greased ring cake pan and bake for 55 minutes at 320°F in a convection oven.
- While the cake cools down, beat the cream cheese together with the sugar and cream until smooth.
- Make cuts about ⅗ inch from the inner and outer edges of the cake all the way around the circumference. Use a dessert spoon to remove the cake between the cuts, ensuring you hollow it out evenly without taking too much from the bottom. Smooth over the sides of the hollow with the back of a spoon. Collect the removed cake in a bowl.
- Line the insides of the cake with banana slices and add the cream filling on top. Cut the tops off the strawberries and set them pointed end down in the cream all the way around the cake. Crumble the removed cake and distribute it evenly over the cream, packing the crumbs tightly with a spoon. Leave the cake in a cool place for at least two hours.
- Turn the cake out of the pan and pour the melted milk chocolate couverture over it evenly, ensuring it is well-covered on top. Dip a spoon in melted white chocolate couverture and trail it over the cake to create white stripes.
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Ring Cakes are sometimes disregarded on the buffet table, but as you’ll have noticed, this one really shouldn’t be ignored. And if someone says it’s not their thing, see if you can persuade them — the delicious surprise inside should be more than enough to convert them!