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July 7 is World Chocolate Day. Yep, there’s an actual day to stop and think about delicious chocolate. Like we don’t do that EVERY day! Anyway, we thought we’d celebrate with this — FruChocs Surprise Cake!

If you LOVE FruChocs, you might like our FruChoc Cocktail, FruChoc Brownies or FruChoc Cheesecake recipe too.

FruChocs

INGREDIENTS

Sponge

500g butter, at room temp

6 eggs

2 cups of caster sugar

5 cups self raising flour

2 cups full cream milk

1 tbs yellow food colouring

1 tbs red food colouring

350g Menz FruChocs Megamix

Mousse

700g good quality chocolate

600mls thickened cream

Syrup

1 cup water

¼ cup sugar

½ cup apricot jam

Method

:: For the sponge

1. Preheat oven to 175c.

2. Grease and line 2 x 30cm round spring form pans with baking paper.

3. With an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

4. Add eggs, two at a time and continue to beat.

5. Add half of the flour, half the milk and beat until combined and repeat using the last of the flour and milk.

6. Once combined, add the food colouring and mix until the cake batter resemble a light orange colour.

7. Pour half the mixture into one cake tin with remainder going into the second (If you don’t have two tins, store remaining batter in the fridge while first cake cooks) and then repeat cooking process with the remaining batter.

8. Bake at 175c for 60mins, checking at the 50 min mark by inserting a skewer in the middle of the cake.

9. Once baked, remove from the oven and set aside for 5 mins in pan. Turn out onto wire rack to cool.

10. Once the cake is cooled, place in the fridge for at least 2 hours, this makes cutting the cake much easier.

:: For the mousse

1. Melt the chocolate in a bowl over simmering water.

2. Once melted, set aside to cool slightly.

3. While chocolate is cooling, whip the cream with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add the chocolate and stir through with a spoon.

4. Cover and set in the fridge for at least one hour.

For the Syrup
1. While cake is cooling and mousse is setting make your sugar syrup by placing the sugar, water and jam in a saucepan and heat to dissolve.
2. Stir to combine and set aside.

Assembly

1. Slice sponges in half.

2. Taking the bottom layer, spread the top of it with syrup followed by an even layer of mousse.

3. Using a knife and saucer, cut a hole from the second layer of the cake.

4. Place sponge on top of the bottom layer, repeating the syrup and mousse process again.

5. The third layer also needs a hole in the centre, so repeat step 3, followed by step 4.

6. Once completed, you will need to fill the centre of your cake with 350g of Menz FruChocs Megamix.

7. Once the FruChocs are level with the top of the third layer of sponge, place the final layer of cake on top.

8. Cover entire cake with remaining mousse, working it down the sides of the cake.

9. Watch the reactions on your guests faces, as you cut, serve and reveal the surprise.

Hayley Pearson

Hayley Pearson

Co-Creator and Writer for Adelady, she still gets goosebumps that she’s combined her creative passion with sharing the best of her stunning home state.

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