Chocolate birthday cake recipe

The quality of your Belgian birthday cake ingredients will determine the quality of your cake, so shop with panache. The essential ingredients are:

• 120 g SILK REVERIE 42% chocolate
• 150 g Unsalted butter (82%)
• 150 g Sugar
• 150 g Whole eggs
• 150 g T45 flour
• 5 g Baking powder
• 2 g Salt

Equipment Needed

Our moist chocolate birthday cake recipe requires:

• One or two pans depending on the number of layers you’re creating.
• Cake tins
• A whisk or electric mixer
• A skewer
• A pinch of sal
• A flexible spatula to fold in your eggs and other ingredients.
• A sieve to process your powder ingredients.

Optional Add-ins

Once you’ve prepared your first Belgian chocolate cake, you might want to experiment with a few other Maison Pierre Marcolini chocolates. Consider a dark chocolate batter or experiment with our collection of cooking chocolate.

So go on—create your own culinary taste adventure. 

If you’re looking for a cake with more intense flavours, choose the Congo Myst cooking chocolate bar, containing 110 g of CONGO MYST 81% chocolate.

While icing sugar and butter frosting are traditional frostings for chocolate cake, a ganache is a classy option. If you prefer the idea of vanilla icing, you can use half a teaspoon of vanilla extract in your classic buttercream mix. Nuts will give your cake an entirely different taste, so a salted peanut butter frosting is worth trying. A simple sprinkling of cocoa powder will give your ganache extra texture.

Decorating the Cake

Now that your Belgian chocolate cake is ready to be enjoyed, it’s time to play with your garnish. A simple strawberry or gold sprinkles will set your cake apart. Our simple chocolate birthday cake recipe will look beautiful with piping and swirls with candied pecans sprinkled on top. If you made your chocolaty treat to celebrate someone’s birthday, candles are indispensable but you needn’t be unoriginal. Scented vanilla or caramel candles will enhance the experience.

Storage and Serving

Our simple moist chocolate cake recipe will stay fresh for a few days if you store it in a cool, dark place. You can extend that period by storing your masterpiece in the fridge in an airtight container. Freezing is another option, but be sure to wrap it in a foil or plastic wrap. Give it a few hours to thaw and reach room temperature before serving it.

Maison Pierre Marcolini’s Belgian birthday chocolate cake is only as good as its ingredients. You can’t make a masterpiece with the wrong tools and chocolate, so invest in the best. Now all that’s left is to open your birthday gifts. We hope you’ll get everything you hoped for.