Polka Dot Devils Food Cake

Devils food cake is the best chocolate cake has to offer and everyone is sure to go dotty for this recipe. Baked to perfection, covered in chocolate ganache and then decorated with sprinkles - its bound to be a party favourite.

The ingredient of Polka Dot Devils Food Cake

• 3 x 450g ready made madeira cakes
• 2 x 180g blocks white chocolate chopped
• red green yellow and blue gel food colouring see notes
• 3 1 2 cups plain flour
• 1 1 4 cups dutch processed cocoa
• 3 cups caster sugar
• 1 1 2 tsp baking powder
• 3 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 1 1 4 cups buttermilk
• 3 4 cup vegetable oil
• 3 eggs
• 3 4 cup hot water
• 2 tsp vanilla bean paste see note
• pure icing sugar for dusting
• 1 1 2 x 1kg packets white dr oetker icing ready to roll
• 900g dark chocolate chopped
• 450ml thickened cream
• pure icing sugar for dusting
• 1 2 x 1kg packet white dr oetker ready to roll icing
• red green yellow and blue gel food colouring
• dr oetker polka dots sprinkles

The Instruction of polka dot devils food cake

• trim crusts from cakes and discard break up cake to form fine crumbs divide evenly among 4 bowls
• place 1 4 of the white chocolate in a microwave safe bowl microwave on high 100 for 1 to 2 minutes or until melted and smooth add to 1 portion of cake add red food colouring using hands mix well to combine kneading to bring the mixture together repeat with remaining white chocolate cake and food colouring roll each coloured portion of cake mixture into different sized balls using 1 level teaspoon for the smallest and 1 level tablespoon for the largest
• preheat oven to 180c 160c fan forced grease three x 6cm deep 20cm round cake pans line bases and sides with 3 layers of baking paper
• using an electric mixer on low speed beat flour cocoa caster sugar baking powder and bicarbonate of soda for 10 seconds or until combined with motor operating gradually beat in buttermilk oil eggs hot water and vanilla beating until well combined
• spoon 1 1 2 cups batter into base of each prepared pan arrange cake balls randomly in batter top evenly with remaining batter spreading gently to just cover cake balls
• bake for 1 hour 10 minutes to 1 hour 20 minutes or until a skewer inserted into centre of cakes comes out clean stand cakes in pans for 10 minutes turn top side up onto baking paper lined wire racks to cool completely
• make chocolate ganache place chocolate and cream in a microwave safe bowl microwave on high 100 for 2 to 3 minutes stirring every 30 seconds until smooth and combined stand for 20 minutes to cool refrigerate for 1 hour or until thick and spreadable
• trim top of cakes to level if needed place 1 cake cut side down on a serving plate spread top of cake with 1 2 cup ganache top with another cake cut side down spread top of cake with 1 2 cup remaining ganache top with remaining cake cut side down spread top and side of cake with remaining ganache reserving 2 tablespoons ganache for decorating
• dust a flat surface with icing sugar knead icing until smooth using a lightly dusted rolling pin roll out 1 3 of the icing until 4mm thick cut a 20cm round circle from icing see note place on top of cake pressing gently to secure
• re dust surface and rolling pin roll out remaining icing to form a 4mm thick 18cm x 68cm rectangle see note using a ruler and sharp knife cut icing to form a 16cm x 65cm rectangle starting from 1 short end roll up icing around lightly dusted rolling pin place upright against side of cake gradually unroll icing pressing gently to secure to cake as you unroll press edges of icing together to seal along top edge of cake using a small piece of baking paper gently rub over icing to smooth and seal joins and any cracks see note
• to decorate dust a flat surface with icing sugar knead icing until smooth divide into 6 equal portions using food colourings mix and tint each portion a different colour roll out 1 portion until 2mm thick using a 2cm and a 2 4cm round cutter cut rounds from icing and place on a tray lined with baking paper repeat with remaining icing portions using a little reserved ganache attach icing rounds and polka dot sprinkles to the cake see note set aside for 1 hour to set serve

Nutritions of Polka Dot Devils Food Cake

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