Last month saw my eldest son turn 14. Surely I am not old enough to have a 14 year old child?! Where has the time gone? To celebrate he invited some friends over for an overnight and I made this whopping three tiered chocolate cake with the Lékué 3 Tier Surprise cake mould I’d been sent to review.
This cake mould is superb! It’s small enough that you can fit all three moulds on a single baking tray, but large enough so you get the impressive novelty effect of having a three tiered cake. The top mould is about the size of a very large cupcake, so it’s a great indulgent size for the birthday boy/girl.
Made from non-stick silicone, the moulds are oven, microwave, freezer and dishwasher safe and they come with a 10 year guarantee. The three moulds can hold a total 2000 ml of cake batter, so I scaled up my usual chocolate cake recipe to fit and I’ve shared it below.
Lékué suggest you could use this cake mould to make a hollow surprise cake made only out of chocolate. Simply melt 800 grams of dark chocolate and paint the walls and base of the mould with layers of chocolate and leave to harden. Gifts and sweets could be hidden inside the hollow chocolate shell for a novel birthday surprise!
The cake moulds come in a handy cardboard storage box along with a colourful cardboard cake base, cut out glasses, lips and moustaches, some recipe ideas and some handy party tips. Everything you need for a crackin’ birthday cake in one box!
To decorate my son’s cake I used the Lékué Decomat Kids kit. This kit comes with a 100% platinum silicone mat and four stencils. It does not, however, come with the Decopen you need to write on the mat in melted chocolate. I bought this item separately myself from our local department store and I love it! I wasn’t particularly impressed with the designs on the templates, but the mat itself in combination with the Decopen means any sort of design could be made from chocolate. Simply draw your design on the mat, leave to harden, peel off and pop on your cake/dessert! I am going to have a lot of fun with this!
Please note: it’s easier to keep the chocolate shapes in the fridge until you need them, as they warm and soften at room temperature. White chocolate especially doesn’t last very long, I discovered.
Lékué have sent me an extra Surprise Cake Mould set to give away to one of my lucky readers! To be in for a chance at winning simply fill in Rafflecopter entry form below. UK entries only please.
Three Tier Chocolate Birthday Cake
Ingredients
For the Chocolate Cake
- 415 grams plain flour sifted
- 2 1/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 260 grams caster sugar
- 225 grams dark muscovado sugar
- 340 ml water
- 90 grams cocoa powder
- 175 grams unsalted butter
- 1.5 tsp distilled white vinegar
- 1.5 tsp vanilla
- 225 ml single cream
- 3 eggs beaten
- 200 grams white chocolate chips
For the Chocolate Frosting
- 250 grams unsalted butter
- 800 grams icing sugar sieved
- 8 tbsp full fat milk
- 60 grams cocoa powder
Instructions
For the Chocolate Cake
- Preheat oven to 190 C. Lightly grease the Lekue cake moulds and set aside on a single baking tray.
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, bicarbonate or soda and sugars.
- Combine water, cocoa powder and butter together in a medium sized saucepan and heat until melted. Do not allow to boil.
- Mix vinegar and vanilla with the single cream.
- Beat chocolate mixture, cream mixture and beaten eggs into the dry ingredients until well combined.
- Fold in the white chocolate chips and spoon the mixture into each cake mould until each is 2/3 full.
- Bake on a single tray in the centre of the oven for 30-35 minutes and then remove the smallest top tier. Return the rest of the cakes to the oven and bake for a further 10 minutes, or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
- Leave the cakes in their moulds until cold and then frost.
For the Chocolate Frosting
- Beat softened butter, icing sugar, milk and cocoa powder together until the frosting reaches the desired consistency.
Notes
Lékué 3 Tier Surprise Cake Mould Giveaway
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Mum of three, daydream adventurer, OU Life Sciences graduate, occasional crafter, ex-pat Canadian & quite possibly Britain's most northerly food blogger.
Stephanie Acton says
My hubby’s birthday is just coming up so would make a lovely choccy cake for him
Natalie Crossan says
birthday cake for my mum 😀
Alisa Moore says
Coffee cake for my friend’s birthday
sandra bald says
I’d make a cake for my mums 70th Birthday
Kirsteen Mackay says
I’d make a chocolate cake to celebrate the birth of my baby.
Erica Price says
A chocolate cake for my son’s birthday.
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Lauren W says
It’s our 3rd wedding anniversary in August so a tier for each year would be perfect! The cake itself would be either a red velvet with cream cheese frosting or a chocolate fudge with chocolate orange ganache (our respective favourites!) The secret surprise idea is also brilliant 🙂
Rey Chunara says
I’d make a chocolate cake for my sister’s 50th birthday
Lynda Brown says
A lemon drizzle & lavender cake x
SARA says
A chocolate birthday cake for my sister
Laura Carroll says
A chocolate birthday cake for my husband!
Claire Davies says
I would make a birthday cake for my husband.
Becky John says
A birthday cake for my gran who is 90 in a few weeks.
Lydia Houghton says
It will be my mum and dad’s 50th wedding anniversary in October so I would make a golden themed cake with gold shimmer icing and a big gold bow.
Lorraine Polley says
would make a lovely cake for my grandson daniels 5th birthday in august
Aaron Milne says
I would make the cake just for me ( you understand i need the practice )
Susan Carruthers says
I’d make a Chocolate birthday cake for my son
George Worboys Wright says
I’d make my other half a fun birthday cake but I’d have to think about what to put inside as the surprise! 🙂
Rachel W says
I would make a miniature 3teir wedding anniversary cake for me and my husband to enjoy!
Susan H says
A rainbow cake for the family
Jayne B says
Date & walnut cake for hubby
Jo-Anne holton says
Chocolate cake!!!! Would make it for my brothers birthday!!!
kim manson says
I would make a birthday cake for my OH because he never gets one 🙂
Angela says
This would be absolutely perfect for my older sister’s birthday cake that I volunteered to make
Diane Jackson says
A princess cake for my daughter
Deborah Bird says
Well I always make cakes for the family and the next birthday coming up is my nieces 17th! So I would use it to make her a special cake, and probably decorate it with nail polishes etc.
Lynda Sanderson says
I would make all my cakes for the year and enjoy personalising them. I would start with my husbands retirement, then my grandsons birthday ……………. he’s ordered a chocolate cake and he loves fish. I will enjoy the research.
Thanks for the recipes
Holly Boyd says
I would use it to make my sisters birthday cake, I always make something special for her and a bit different. Haven’t quite found the perfect recipe for this year but have a few months. Used coke and beetroot before as well as non edible glitter lol. Not the best cook but you can tell love goes into it.
Jane Middleton says
Birthday cake for my nephew
Wendy Tolhurst says
I would make a rainbow cake – making each of the three tiers two different colours. It would be for my youngest daughter, Lauren’s birthday in August.
Patricia Avery says
I would make cake to help us celebrate our sapphire wedding anniversary (45 yrs.) this summer with a traditional iced fruit cake at the bottom for the grown-ups but with two top layers of gooey chocolate cake for the grandchildren as they all love it. I have so many photos of them covered in chocolate and enjoying every mouthful 🙂