1,478 easy and fully explained recipes, with +66K photos and 78 videos

Leopard cake

Under this little name, which will please children a lot, is a marbled vanilla-chocolate cake where the chocolate is inserted in the form of lines, which gives to the cut this famous pattern, which imitates the coat of the leopard.

21 K 3.2/5 (5 reviews)

4 hours 10 min. difficulté

Average

2.50 €

2 people

4 Ingredients

Last modified on: March 12^th 2023

For this recipe: I want to make it (239×) I made it (243×) Comment Send to a friend Ask a question Follow Printable Diaporama Vidéo User-friendly URL

For 2 people, you will need:

1 350 g "moelleux" cake batter
2 25 g dark chocolate
3 10 g cream
4 10 g cornflour
Total weight: 395 grams

Change to the quantities for:

2 people 4 people 8 people 12 people

Change measures:

Metric

Metric weight Metric volumes

Times for this recipe

Preparation: 1 hour 10 min.

Resting: 2 hours

Cooking: 1 hour

All in all: 4 hours 10 min.

When should you start or finish this recipe?

If you start now, at , you will finish around : ?.Change start time

To finish around 7pm, you'll need to have started before: .Change end time

Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 30 min.

Chocolate insert

Prepare 350 g "moelleux" cake batter.

Stage 2 - 10 min.

Take 1/3 of the dough and pour it into a separate bowl.

Add 25 g dark chocolate that you have melted (microwave or bain-marie) and to which you have added 10 g cream.

Stage 3 - 1 min.

Whisk well, then add 10 g cornflour and mix thoroughly again.

Stage 4

You will get a vanilla paste, and a chocolate paste, there should be about 2 times more vanilla paste than chocolate paste.

Stage 5 - 1 min.

Pinch or bend the end of 2 pastry bags...

Stage 6 - 4 min.

... and slide each one into a high-sided container.

Pour the pasta into the piping bags.

Stage 7 - 2 hours

Close, then put in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours, or even overnight.

Stage 8

Forming the cake

Take the pastry bags out of the fridge.

Stage 9 - 2 min.

In a buttered cake pan, start by putting a layer of vanilla paste in the bottom.

Stage 10

This first layer should cover the entire bottom of the pan, and be at least 0.5 cm thick.

Stage 11

With the chocolate piping bag, pipe strips of chocolate...

Stage 12 - 3 min.

...along the entire length of the mold.

Note: For a nice leopard effect, the chocolate strips should be close enough but not touching each other, and not touching the edges of the mold.

Stage 13 - 3 min.

Cover them with vanilla paste.

Stage 14 - 3 min.

In the hollows that form, pocket new chocolate strips...

Stage 15 - 3 min.

...which you will cover again with vanilla paste.

Stage 16 - 10 min.

Continue until all dough is used, ending with a layer of vanilla dough.

Stage 17 - 1 hour

Cooking

Bake in the oven for 1 hour.

Turn out when warm and let cool on a rack...

Stage 18

...before slicing.

Remarks

The presence of cornstarch in the chocolate insert at step 3 is very important, as it ensures that the strips will hold together in the shape of "spots" during baking.

At step 11, if the dough is a little too hard, put it in the microwave for 10 seconds.

Keeping: 1 or 2 days, protected by a stretch film.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	130 RDI=50 %	1,180 RDI=110 %	380 RDI=60 %	1,410 RDI=70 %	5,900 RDI: 70 %
Per 100 g	30 RDI=10 %	300 RDI=30 %	100 RDI=20 %	360 RDI=20 %	1,490 RDI: 20 %
Per person	70 RDI=30 %	590 RDI=60 %	190 RDI=30 %	700 RDI=40 %	2,950 RDI: 40 %

The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, egg, Gluten

How much will it cost?

For 2 people : 1.25 €
Per person : 0.65 €

Change currency:

Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.

This recipe uses (among others)

Other recipes you may also like

How to cook rice in rice-cooker

Cooking rice in a specially adapted "rice-cooker" is practical and quick: you don't have to watch it during cooking, it's fast (15 minutes) and the rice-cooker switches automatically to "keep warm".
February 21^th 2011923 K 24.9 20 min.

Sautéed Pork with Peanuts

This sautéed pork has a hint of Thai style, with its accompaniment of chopped vegetables, dry-roasted peanuts and soy sauce.
April 3^rd 201654 K4 55 min.

Home-made terrine of foie gras

Preparing your own home-made foie gras from raw is immensively satisfying: good quality liver and a simply amazing flavour – much better than anything you can buy. This recipe is a bit tricky, but quite within everyone's grasp, as long as you follow the 3 most delicate stages carefully. These are,...
December 16^th 20245.26 M 64.2 4 days 15 hours 50 min.

Sarladaise potatoes

Potatoes fried in a little goose fat, with a mixture of chopped parsley, garlic and shallot added just before serving. Greedy folks (like me) melt a few thin slices of foie gras over the top.
October 13^th 2010244 K4.7 1 hour 25 min.

Beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce is a great classic of French cuisine, made with vinegar, white wine and shallots. It is a wonderful accompaniment for fish and shellfish.
February 2^nd 2012178 K3.8 35 min.

News list of cooking-ez.com

Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.