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Chocolate Snowballs with White Chocolate Snowflakes

Cook Time25 minutes
Total Time25 minutes
Course: Cakes
Keyword: baking, cake, Dessert, food, recipe
Servings: 8 Servings
Author: Barbara Schieving

Ingredients

Cake

  • 12 ounces semisweet chocolate chopped into ½-inch pieces
  • 1 cup hot water original recipes used strong coffee
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3 sticks unsalted butter softened
  • 6 eggs lightly beaten
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Frosting

  • 1 ½ cups heavy cream
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Snowflake Garnish

  • ½ cup white chocolate chips
  • White shimmering sanding sugar optional

Instructions

  • Cake
  • Preheat the oven to 350º. Line 8 custard cups with aluminum foil.
  • Put the chocolate in a saucepan. Pour the hot water over the chocolate. Place over medium-low heat; add the sugar and stir with a wire whisk to dissolve the sugar and any unmelted chocolate. Add the butter gradually, a dollop at a time, whisking until the butter is incorporated before adding the next dollop. This should take about 10 minutes. Remove from the heat.
  • Slowly whisk the beaten eggs into the chocolate mixture. Add vanilla. Pour through a strainer into the foil-lined bowls. Discard any bits of egg that remain in the strainer. Bake 20 - 25 minutes until the batter rises and a cracked top crust forms. The mixture will still juggle, like molded gelatin. Resist the urge to bake it a little more, the butter and chocolate set up when chilled.
  • Let the cakes cool. Fold the foil over the tops and refrigerate at least 8 hours, keeping the cakes in the bowls.
  • Frosting
  • Gently remove the cakes from the foil. The cakes will have fallen in the center; if desired (I didn't) trim the cake to make a flat even surface. Invert on to a serving plate or small piece of parchment.
  • In a large mixing bowl, whip the cream with the sugar and the vanilla until the cream comes to soft peaks that hold their shape. Put the cream into a pastry bag fitted with a large star tip. Pipe stars, covering the dome completely. Garnish with white chocolate snowflake.
  • Snowflake Garnish
  • Melt white chocolate in a microwave safe bowl on 50% power for a few seconds at a time, stirring frequently until chocolate is melted. Put melted chocolate into a piping bag with a#1 or #2 tip.
  • On a flat baking tray, put printed template beneath a sheet of parchment paper and pipe melted chocolate on to the parchment in the snowflake shapes, moving the template as needed. Sprinkle with shimmering sanding sugar if desired.
  • Allow snowflakes to set up at room temperature, then chill in refrigerator until needed.

Notes

Adapted from Chocolate Snowball