Chocolate Web Cake
10 servings
150 minutes
The chocolate web cake is the embodiment of art and sweet magic. This dessert combines the rich taste of chocolate with the delicate texture of airy cream. Its unique decoration in the form of a thin web and a small chocolate spider turns the cake into a true masterpiece. The layers soaked with deep coffee and vanilla notes create a harmonious balance of sweetness and light bitterness. European pastry chefs often use chocolate decor to create festive and themed desserts, and this cake is perfect for Halloween or other special occasions. It delights not only with its taste but also with its visual effect — the moment when the chocolate web smoothly merges with the creamy layer makes it even more appealing. This dessert is meant to surprise, inspire, and leave unforgettable impressions.
1
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Grease the cake pan with butter and cover it with parchment, lightly sprinkle with flour.
- Butter: 500 g
2
Mix flour, baking soda, and salt.
- Wheat flour: 2 glasss
- Soda: 1.3 teaspoon
- Salt: 0.5 teaspoon
3
In another bowl, mix very hot water and cocoa until smooth, then stir in milk and vanilla.
- Water: 1 glass
- Cocoa powder: 0.8 glass
- Milk: 0.5 glass
- Vanilla extract: 1 teaspoon
4
Beat the softened butter with brown sugar and 0.75 cups of white sugar using a mixer for about 3 minutes, gradually adding the eggs one at a time. Reduce the mixer speed and alternately add a little flour mixture, then cocoa, then flour, cocoa, and so on.
- Butter: 500 g
- Brown sugar: 1.3 glass
- Sugar: 2.3 glasss
- Chicken egg: 4 pieces
- Wheat flour: 2 glasss
- Cocoa powder: 0.8 glass
5
Pour part of the batter into the mold and bake for about 20-25 minutes. Cool for about 20 minutes. Bake the remaining layers this way.
- Wheat flour: 2 glasss
- Cocoa powder: 0.8 glass
6
Cut a circle from parchment the size of the cakes. Draw a web on it and a small spider next to it.
7
Melt the chocolate in a water bath and let it cool slightly. Transfer it to a piping bag and carefully draw the spider and web along the lines in the picture. Let it set for about 1 hour.
- Chocolate: 1 glass
8
In a heatproof dish, place egg whites, 1.5 cups of sugar, 6 tablespoons of water, and instant coffee. Place in a pot of boiling water and mix with a mixer on low speed until the mixture is warm and the sugar dissolves. Then beat on high speed for 7-10 minutes. Remove from heat and beat for another 5-10 minutes.
- Egg white: 3 pieces
- Sugar: 2.3 glasss
- Water: 1 glass
- Instant coffee: 1.5 tablespoon
9
Place 1 layer on a plate and spread cream on it, then cover with the next layer and spread again. Repeat this with all layers to make a cake. Also spread cream on top and sides.
- Wheat flour: 2 glasss
- Cocoa powder: 0.8 glass
- Milk: 0.5 glass
- Vanilla extract: 1 teaspoon
- Butter: 500 g
- Brown sugar: 1.3 glass
- Sugar: 2.3 glasss
- Chicken egg: 4 pieces
10
Carefully separate the web from the parchment and place it on top of the cake. Next to or on the web, place the spider. Let it sit at room temperature until the chocolate web becomes soft.
- Chocolate: 1 glass