It is at Christmas parties that we go to the kitchen to prepare the best recipes to receive the family, is it not? And we can’t forget the desserts! On this occasion, the traditional nougats are always welcome, but if you want to make something super original, different and equally delicious, we suggest you this recipe for easy and quite cheap bonbon cake (depending on the price of the bonbons you choose).
It is an ideal chocolate bonbon cake to serve at any special event that you can prepare in a simple way if you follow these steps that we teach you in this article. You can use any type of chocolates that you like as long as you can separate the filling from the topping well to make this chocolate cake correctly. In reality, the flavor of the chocolate filling does not matter and you can perfectly choose it to your liking.
Share an unforgettable evening with your family, friends or whoever you want, putting the finishing touch to Christmas lunch or dinner with this recipe for chocolate cake and surprise them!
Ingredients to make Chocolate Cake:
- For the base:
- 1½ cups of wheat flour (210 grams)
- 80 grams of cold butter
- 2 tablespoons chocolate or cocoa powder
- 1½ tablespoons sugar
- 1 large beaten egg
- For the filling:
- 2 cups of milk (480 milliliters)
- 2 egg yolks
- 2 tablespoons of fine cornmeal or cornstarch
- 1 can of condensed milk
- 10 Serenata de Amor or Lindt walnut chocolates (filling only)
- For the coverage:
- 200 grams of semi-sweet chocolate in tablet
- 1 Milk cream (without whey) or liquid cream
- 1 tablespoon butter
- Serenade or Lindt chocolates (with and without filling) chopped
How to make bonbon cake:
- Prepare the easy bonbon cake base by mixing the flour, chocolate, sugar and butter with your hands in a bowl until it becomes a kind of flour.
- Add the beaten egg and knead until it becomes a compact and homogeneous mass.
- Tip: If the dough is very dry and breaks easily, pour a little water and knead it again.
- Butter the bottom and edges of a spring form pan and, using your fingers, spread the chocolate bonbon cake batter only on the base (not on the sides).
- Flatten it and prick it with a fork, then put it in the preheated oven at 180°C and bake it for about 15 minutes or until firm.
- Tip: Prick the dough with a fork to confirm if it is roasted.
- Meanwhile, prepare the filling for the bonbon tart: to do this, dissolve the cornstarch in the milk and cook them together with the egg yolks and condensed milk.
- Do not stop stirring and let them boil for 2-3 minutes until a very thick cream is formed.
- Then add the chocolate filling, stir until they are completely dissolved and turn off the heat. Let the filling cool until it is room temperature.
- If you prefer, you can make the recipe for the chocolate and peanut butter bonbons yourself instead of buying them already made.
- Tip: You can use any type of chocolate to prepare this cake as long as you can separate the filling from the topping, but the flavor is up to you.
- Place the bonbon cake filling on top of the already baked mold base and put it in the freezer for 30 minutes to cool faster.
- While preparing the chocolate sauce: place the chopped chocolate and cream in a bowl and microwave on high power for 30-60 seconds.
- Take it out, stir it and put it back in if necessary until the chocolate is completely melted. Then add the butter, mix everything and let the easy bonbon cake topping cool down a bit.
- Tip: If the chocolate doesn’t completely melt after mixing well, microwave it again for another 20-30 seconds.
- Once the filling is set, pour the chocolate coating over the chocolate cake, spread it evenly and put it back in the freezer for about 2 hours.
- After that time, the chocolate bonbon cake will be consistent and you can decorate it by sprinkling the chopped bonbons without filling that you used before and some more with filling on top.
- You can also put some next to the plate or source that you are going to present at the table.
- What is recommended is that you take out the bombón cake about 15-20 minutes before serving it so that it tempers a bit.
- This is such a delicious dessert with chocolates that we are sure that there will not be an iota left over.
- But another day, do not hesitate to first the same but with this recipe for white chocolate coverage for cakes to compare.
