Chocolate Carrot Cake Flower Box
Carrot cake is without a doubt one of the best cakes in the world. But it's when you combine sweet and spiced carrot cake with rich chocolate cake that sparks really start to fly, which is exactly what's happening in this recipe! And because we all know that you eat with your eyes first, we wanted this cake to stand out both visually and in terms of flavor.
Equipment
- Loaf Pan
- Saucepan
- Wooden Skewers
Ingredients
- 10 eggs for chocolate cake
- 1.75 cups sugar for chocolate cake
- 2 cups cocoa powder for chocolate cake
- 3 cups flour for chocolate cake
- 2.75 cups ground hazelnuts for chocolate cake
- 2 tbsp baking powder for chocolate cake
- 1 tsp salt for chocolate cake
- 5 sticks butter softened, for chocolate cake
- 1 chocolate bar grated, for chocolate cake
- 2 eggs for carrot cake
- 4 medium carrots grated, for carrot cake
- 1 orange zest & juice, for carrot cake
- 0.67 cup sugar for carrot cake
- 1 cup ground almonds for carrot cake
- 0.33 cup flour for carrot cake
- 0.33 cup corn starch for carrot cake
- 2 tsp baking powder for carrot cake
- 0.5 stick butter melted, for carrot cake
- 1.25 cups heavy cream for chocolate ganache
- 24 oz semi-sweet chocolate chips for chocolate ganache
- 5 waffle cones extra
- 5 wooden skewers extra
- cookie crumbs to garnish
- fresh mint to garnish
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Combine the ingredients for the chocolate cake and pour the batter into a greased loaf pan.
- Push 5 waffle cones into the chocolate cake batter in the loaf pan. Combine the ingredients for the carrot cake and divide the batter between the 5 waffle cones.
- Bake the chocolate carrot cake in the preheated oven for 2 hours and let the cake cool afterwards.
- For the chocolate ganache, heat the heavy cream in a saucepan and add the chocolate chips, stirring constantly until smooth. Insert a skewer in each carrot cake cone and pour the chocolate ganache over the entire cake.
- Sprinkle light and dark cookie crumbs over the chocolate ganache while it is still wet. Remove the skewers from the carrot cake and stick a sprig of fresh mint into each empty hole.
- If you think the cake looks great now, just wait until you cut into it and see a carrot cake carrot!
