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.
11K 5 3.2
Last modified on: March 12th 2023
Keywords for this recipe:For 12 people, you will need:
- 1
2 kgs 100 g "Moelleux" cake batter - 2
150 g dark chocolate - 3
60 g cream - 4
60 g cornflour - Total weight: 2,370 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Resting | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 hour 10 min. | 2 hours | 1 hour | 4 hours 10 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 30 min.
Chocolate insert
Prepare 2 kgs 100 g "Moelleux" cake batter.Stage 2 - 10 min.
Take 1/3 of the dough and pour it into a separate bowl.
Add 150 g dark chocolate that you have melted (microwave or bain-marie) and to which you have added 60 g cream.
Add 150 g dark chocolate that you have melted (microwave or bain-marie) and to which you have added 60 g cream.
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.
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.
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.
Keeping
1 or 2 days, protected by a stretch film.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 2,233 Kcal or 9,349 Kj | 115 gr | 1,147 gr | 380 gr |
| 112 % | 44 % | 108 % | 58 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 94 Kcal or 394 Kj | 5 gr | 48 gr | 16 gr |
| 5 % | 2 % | 5 % | 2 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 186 Kcal or 779 Kj | 10 gr | 96 gr | 32 gr |
| 9 % | 4 % | 9 % | 5 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 12 people : 7.47 €
- Per person : 0.62 €
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)
 | "Moelleux" cake batter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Dijonnaise pear cake, Little cakes with a chocolate and hazelnut centre, ... All |
 | Dark chocolate: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chocolate madeleines, Chocolate ganache, Little chocolate and hazelnut fondants, Chocolate eclairs, Chocolate mousse, ... All |
 | Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Gratin Comtois, Potimarron (chestnut pumpkin) "au gratin", Gratin-style spinach and chicken omelette , Du Barry soup, Nanou's tuna tart, ... All |
 | Cornflour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Italian hot chocolate , Pistachio cream, Blackcurrant, vanilla and lime verrine , Confectioner's custard (Crème pâtissière, or French pastry cream), Chocolate eclairs, ... All |
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