Name: Chocolate Snowball Cakes Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 2 eggs; 80 g sugar; 80 ml vegetable oil; 80 g liquid cream (or yogurt as a substitute); 130 g flour; 20 g unsweetened cocoa powder; 7 g baking powder; 1 pinch of salt; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 250 g mascarpone; 200 g whole liquid cream (less than 30% fat); 3 tablespoons icing sugar (adjust to taste); 1 tablespoon liquid vanilla or 1 sachet of vanilla sugar (or other flavoring of choice)

Directions

1. Step

Preheat the oven to 190°C (375°F). In a mixing bowl, whisk together eggs, sugar, vegetable oil, and liquid cream until well combined. Add in the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, salt, and vanilla extract. Mix until you get a smooth batter. Pour the batter into a lined baking tray and bake for 10 minutes or until set. Once baked, allow it to cool slightly, then crumble the cake into fine crumbs.

2. Step

In a bowl, beat mascarpone, liquid cream, icing sugar, and vanilla until you get a smooth and fluffy mixture.

3. Step

Take a small portion of the crumbled cake and press it into a dome-shaped mold or shape it manually into half-spheres. Fill the center with the prepared cream mixture, optionally adding a chocolate spread or ganache in the middle for a gooey center. Cover the filling with more cake crumbs, pressing gently to form a sealed dome shape. Let the cakes chill in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes to set.