Leopard cake


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.
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Last modified on: March 12th 2023
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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 1 hour 10 min.
Resting: 2 hours
Cooking: 1 hour
All in all: 4 hours 10 min.
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Stage 1 - ⌛ 30 min.
Leopard cake : Stage 1

Chocolate insert

Prepare 700 g "moelleux" cake batter.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 10 min.
Leopard cake : Stage 2
Take 1/3 of the dough and pour it into a separate bowl.

Add 50 g dark chocolate that you have melted (microwave or bain-marie) and to which you have added 20 g cream.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 1 min.
Leopard cake : Stage 3
Whisk well, then add 20 g cornflour and mix thoroughly again.

Stage 4
Leopard cake : 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.
Leopard cake : Stage 5
Pinch or bend the end of 2 pastry bags...

Stage 6 - ⌛ 4 min.
Leopard cake : Stage 6
... and slide each one into a high-sided container.

Pour the pasta into the piping bags.

Stage 7 - ⌛ 2 hours
Leopard cake : Stage 7
Close, then put in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours, or even overnight.

Stage 8
Leopard cake : Stage 8

Forming the cake

Take the pastry bags out of the fridge.

Stage 9 - ⌛ 2 min.
Leopard cake : Stage 9
In a buttered cake pan, start by putting a layer of vanilla paste in the bottom.

Stage 10
Leopard cake : Stage 10
This first layer should cover the entire bottom of the pan, and be at least 0.5 cm thick.

Stage 11
Leopard cake : Stage 11
With the chocolate piping bag, pipe strips of chocolate...

Stage 12 - ⌛ 3 min.
Leopard cake : Stage 12
...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.
Leopard cake : Stage 13
Cover them with vanilla paste.

Stage 14 - ⌛ 3 min.
Leopard cake : Stage 14
In the hollows that form, pocket new chocolate strips...

Stage 15 - ⌛ 3 min.
Leopard cake : Stage 15
...which you will cover again with vanilla paste.

Stage 16 - ⌛ 10 min.
Leopard cake : Stage 16
Continue until all dough is used, ending with a layer of vanilla dough.

Stage 17 - ⌛ 1 hour
Leopard cake : Stage 17

Cooking

Bake in the oven for 1 hour.

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

Stage 18
Leopard cake : 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 recipe270 RDI=80 %2,360 RDI=170 %760 RDI=90 %2,820 RDI=100 %11,790 RDI: 100 %
Per 100 g30 RDI=10 %300 RDI=20 %100 RDI=10 %360 RDI=10 %1,490 RDI: 10 %
Per person70 RDI=20 %590 RDI=40 %190 RDI=20 %700 RDI=30 %2,950 RDI: 30 %
The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,700 k-calories (or 11,300 k-joules) per day for a man
Possible allergens in this recipe: milk, egg, Gluten
How much will it cost?
  • For 4 people : 2.50 €
  • Per person : 0.65 €

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