celebration cake

St Patrick’s Day Shamrock Chocolate Cake

~ cozebakes ~ Leave a comment

So this is a great chocolate cake recipe. It’s rich and has a great texture. It can be used for any occasion and I decided to bake it, cut out a shamrock shape x 2 and decorate with shades of green buttercream. It’s a fun thing to try and worked well because of the shamrock shape and colour variations.

I made the cake in two 8″ / 20 cm round tins. Then found a shamrock image on the web, sized it, printed it and cut it out of the cooled cakes. If you can draw freehand, go for it! I would recommend gel dye colour rather than a liquid one. Start with a small bit for the first shade, then increase the quantity to get a deeper colours as you go.

Continue reading →

Wheat, Dairy & Gluten Free Chocolate Cake

~ cozebakes ~ Leave a comment

This gooey chocolate cake recipe was given to me by a friend and is made with olive oil in place of butter. It’s totally delicious and great for those who don’t or can’t eat wheat or gluten as ground almonds are used in place of flour so of course, it’s ideal for gluten free diets too. It’s also dairy free which is great for those who want a fantastic cake without butter or milk.

Try to use a springform cake tin, grease it well and line the base with parchment; it really helps when it’s time to remove the cake.  The result is sort of like a brownie in cake form. Seriously good 🙂

 

Continue reading →

Celebration Fruit & Christmas Cake – Gluten Free

christmas cake, celebration cake, fruit cake, gluten free fruit cake, cozebakes
~ cozebakes ~ 1 Comment

If you’re looking for a traditional style fruit cake to decorate for a special occasion and one that’s gluten free, then this will be your “go to” recipe. It’s rich and dark and holds really well for fondant or other icing and decorating. It’s perfect for Christmas!

This recipe makes an 8″ round cake. If you double the quantities, you will get a 10″ cake for greater numbers.

I’ve adapted it a little to give it a bit of depth and it’s worked really well. The recipe is originally from a gluten free magazine.

christmas cake, celebration cake, fruit cake, gluten free fruit cake, cozebakes Continue reading →

Red Velvet Cake

~ cozebakes ~ 1 Comment

Lots of people relate a Red Velvet Cake to Valentine’s Day, an engagement or wedding but it’s a wonderful celebration cake any time of the year. It makes quite an entrance with it’s red and white contrast and there are lots of decorating options for you to choose.

White chocolate is always a favourite and any red berries work well. I had freeze dried raspberries which I felt would contrast well with the sweetness of the cream cheese frosting and I crumbled some Flake chocolate over this to complete the decoration.

As I made this recipe in two 8″ sandwich tins, I used the cream cheese frosting both for filling and covering. It’s a lovely light recipe and straightforward to put together.

Continue reading →

Chocolate Fudge Ganache Cake

~ cozebakes ~ Leave a comment

This really is the ultimate decadent chocolate cake and truly fit for a special occasion. The chocolate ganache covering just lifts it up from a chocolate cake to another platform of chocolate heaven!

It’s actually easier to make than the finished product looks. It was my first time using my Nordic Ware very fancy bundt tin and I learnt a few things along the way which I’ll outline in the method so you have a perfect result.

This particular type of bundt tin has very sharp edges and just needs a little bit of pre baking love to have a perfect result. I had a few of the narrowest bits stay behind in the tin but I know what I did wrong and that’s why I try out each and every recipe first before putting them up here. I filled the centre of my cake with fresh raspberries, both as a cover up (sneaky) and also because I really like the contrast of chocolate and raspberries.

chocolate fudge cake, chocolate ganache, delicious magazine recipe, cozebakes, chocolate cake, party cake, celebration cake, raspberries, bundt tin, nordic ware, celebration cake, chocolate fudge, ganache Continue reading →

Celebration Chocolate Victoria Sponge Cake

~ cozebakes ~ Leave a comment

This is a lovely light sponge cake and can be made in the “all in one” method. Personally, I still like to give the butter and sugar a separate beating first but with this great Mary Berry recipe, you can add the rest of the ingredients and just mix really well. A hand mixer is fine too.

As I was going to be adding buttercream in the middle and the top, I felt this light chocolate cake was a better choice than a rich, dark one. Instead of all buttercream filling, I used my cream cheese filling in the centre to combat the sweet buttercream around the edges and on the top. It worked really well too.

I made some rippled meringue kisses so used those to decorate plus a few Lindt Strawberry filled chocolates and finished with freeze dried raspberries.

sponge cake, chocolate victoria sponge, mary berry recipe, cozebakes, celebration cake, all in one method, simple cake recipe, birthday cake, cake recipe Continue reading →

Sticky Toffee Pudding Cake

sticky toffee pudding, toffee cake, cozebakes, showstopper cake, celebration cakes
~ cozebakes ~ Leave a comment

Totally delicious and a real show stopper! This is how you impress your guests! This is a fantastic recipe which is perfect for a party or a celebration cake. It’s a twist on Sticky Toffee Pudding in cake form and it keeps really well, wrapped in tin foil (out of the fridge) for several days.

See the bottom of the page for alternative serving suggestions and a tip or two that might help

sticky toffee pudding, toffee cake, cozebakes, showstopper cake, celebration cakes Continue reading →

Chocolate Fudge Cake with Gluten Free Adaptation

chocolate fudge, chocolate fudge cake, chocolate fudge icing, sponge cake, chocolate sponge, chocolate sandwich cake, chocolate fudge, mary berry, cozebakes chocolate cake, bake with love,
~ cozebakes ~ Leave a comment

A perfect little chocolate cake for any celebration or afternoon tea. I brushed warm apricot jam over the cooled cake before icing it and this helps to keep it moist and also to prevent lots of crumbs as you spread the chocolate fudge icing. When you’re making the icing (very easy) just don’t let it get too hot or it will lose it’s shine and you can make it ahead of time and then just gently reheat it until it’s runny. The decoration is totally up to you. If it’s for something special, you can add edible flowers and chocolate curls or top with chopped pieces of your favourite chocolate bars. Let your imagination go wit this one!

chocolate fudge, chocolate fudge cake, chocolate fudge icing, sponge cake, chocolate sponge, chocolate sandwich cake, chocolate fudge, mary berry, cozebakes chocolate cake, bake with love,

Continue reading →