Marabou Chocolate Cake Recipe
Marabou Mums Cake is a rich and moist chocolate cake featuring Swedish Marabou chocolate, with a luscious coffee-infused frosting. It's perfect for gatherings and makes 30 generous slices, topped with desiccated coconut for extra texture.
Ingredients
For the Cake
- 200 grams butter
- 4 dl wheat flour 400 ml
- 2-4 tbsp cocoa powder
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 3 tsp vanilla sugar
- 4 eggs
- 4 dl caster sugar 400 ml
- 2 dl milk 200 ml
- 50 grams Marabou chocolate
For the Frosting
- 100 grams butter
- 50 grams Marabou chocolate
- 2 tsp vanilla sugar
- 5 dl icing sugar 500 ml
- 1 dl cocoa powder 100 ml
- ½ cup cold coffee
- desiccated coconut for sprinkling
Instructions
Preparation
- Set the oven to 200°C (390°F). Grease a 30x40 cm baking pan or line it with baking paper.
Prepare the Cake
- Melt the butter in a saucepan and stir in the Marabou chocolate until melted. Add the milk and set aside.
- In a separate bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, cocoa powder, and vanilla sugar.
- In a large bowl, whisk the eggs and caster sugar with an electric whisk until fluffy (about 5 minutes).
- Gradually sift in the flour mixture and add the milk-butter-chocolate mixture. Stir until smooth.
- Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan and bake in the middle of the oven for about 35 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Let the cake cool completely before adding the frosting.
Make the Frosting
- Melt the butter and Marabou chocolate together.
- In a bowl, mix the icing sugar, vanilla sugar, and cocoa powder.
- Add the melted butter mixture and cold coffee to the dry ingredients, stirring until smooth and glossy.
Frost and Finish
- Spread the frosting evenly over the cooled cake.
- Sprinkle generously with desiccated coconut.
- Let the frosting set before cutting the cake into pieces.