Cake Minion chocolate sponge cake made from fondant

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 8 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make a Minion chocolate sponge cake from fondant? First, prepare the necessary ingredients for the biscuit. Rinse the fresh berries and place in a colander to drain excess water. Frozen berries do not need to be thawed first. Turn on the oven to 180 degrees in advance. Beat the eggs into a deep container and start beating it with a mixer at low speed, gradually adding all the sugar.

2. STEP 2

   

   Beat the eggs with sugar until the mass increases in volume by about 3 times. Sift the flour and baking powder into the egg mixture in portions and gently mix with a spatula from bottom to top. Thanks to sifting, the flour will be saturated with oxygen, and the sponge cake will turn out fluffier and airier.

3. STEP 3

   

   Pour poppy seeds into the dough and mix everything carefully again.

4. STEP 4

   

   Next, add the berries to the dough. Do not add too many berries so that they do not interfere with the dough's rise.

5. STEP 5

   

   Pour the dough onto a parchment-lined baking sheet. You can choose the right parchment paper by reading a separate article about the features of parchment, the link is at the end of the recipe.

6. STEP 6

   

   You can put some more berries on top.

7. STEP 7

   

   Smooth the dough around the edges.

8. STEP 8

   

   Bake the biscuit for about 30 minutes at 180 degrees. The exact time depends on your oven. You can learn about the operating features of ovens by reading a separate article, link at the end of the recipe. You can check readiness with a toothpick - stick it in the middle and immediately take it out. If it is dry, then the sponge cake is ready. Let the finished sponge cake cool. It is better to let the biscuit rest for several hours after cooling, so it will not crumble when cutting.

9. STEP 9

   

   Cut the cooled biscuit in half crosswise and each half lengthwise into two more pieces. There are four cakes in total.

10. STEP 10

    

    Prepare the necessary ingredients for the cream. Remove the butter from the refrigerator in advance. In a deep container, beat the condensed milk with softened butter with a mixer.

11. STEP 11

    

    Spread the resulting cream onto the bottom cake layer.

12. STEP 12

    

    Cut the washed and peeled kiwi into rings and place on top of the cream.

13. STEP 13

    

    Coat the second cake with cream on one side and place this side on the first cake.

14. STEP 14

    

    Next, brush the second cake layer on top with cream, cut the bananas into slices and place them on the cake layer. Cover everything with the third greased cake layer.

15. STEP 15

    

    On top, also grease the cake with cream and lay out the fruit, now alternating rows of kiwi and bananas.

16. STEP 16

    

    Place the last cake coated with cream on top. Press the cake down a little on top and place it in the refrigerator to soak for 2 hours.

17. STEP 17

    

    Before you coat the cake with fondant, you need to round off the corners with a knife.

18. STEP 18

    

    Prepare the necessary ingredients for fudge. Cut the butter into cubes and break the chocolate into pieces. Place everything in a bowl.

19. STEP 19

    

    Place the bowl over a double boiler and melt the butter until smooth, stirring continuously. Remove the finished fudge from the water bath and cool slightly.

20. STEP 20

    

    Coat the cake on all sides with chocolate fudge and place in the refrigerator until the chocolate hardens.

21. STEP 21

    

    You can buy ready-made mastic (yellow, brown and white), or you can make it yourself. To do this, melt the marshmallows with butter and lemon juice in a steam bath.

22. STEP 22

    

    Add powdered sugar to the melted mixture in portions, stirring thoroughly each time.

23. STEP 23

    

    Knead the mastic until it becomes a homogeneous viscous mass, then continue kneading it with your hands.

24. STEP 24

    

    Some of the mastic for decoration should be painted brown, some yellow, and some white mastic should be left. We will use turmeric and cocoa as dyes. To make brown mastic, first mix powdered sugar and cocoa powder on the table.

25. STEP 25

    

    Knead some of the mastic in this mixture until it is completely ready and the desired color. Make yellow mastic using turmeric in the same way.

26. STEP 26

    

    Roll out the yellow fondant into a thin pancake large enough to cover 2/3 of the cake. Wrap the mastic pancake around the rolling pin.

27. STEP 27

    

    Now unroll the pancake from the rolling pin, covering 2/3 of the cake.

28. STEP 28

    

    Trim off the excess fondant and tuck the edge under the cake.

29. STEP 29

    

    Cover the remaining 1/3 of the cake with brown fondant in the same way.

30. STEP 30

    

    Trim the brown fondant and tuck it under the cake as well.

31. STEP 31

    

    Cut out a pocket from brown fondant. After moistening the pocket a little with water, glue it in place. Use a spoon to make notches in the mastic, imitating seams.

32. STEP 32

    

    Also cut and glue the straps. Mark the seam.

33. STEP 33

    

    Make eyes out of white mastic, and pupils, mouth, and glasses out of brown. Glue everything onto the cake. With the help of confectionery beads you can add shine to the pupils.

34. STEP 34

    

    Make a cut on the head using a knife. Form hair from mastic and, coating its base with water, insert it into the marked slots.

35. STEP 35

    

    If necessary, make a number out of mastic and glue it to the pocket. Enjoy your tea!

Comments on the recipe

tania•oxe

27.11.2023

4.5

Anyone interested can watch a video recipe for a sponge cake made from mastic in the form of a cartoon character.

Yulena

27.11.2023

5

I really liked the cake and the decoration. I would like it for my son's birthday

Yulena

27.11.2023

5

I still made this cake for my son. I had to tinker all day. But it was worth it. It turned out to be a very delicious cake. Children and adults appreciated it. Sorry I can't attach my first experience.

Yulena

27.11.2023

4.8

This is how the cake turned out. Do not judge strictly. This is my first time working with mastic.

Yulena

27.11.2023

4.7

Here is my preparation. In general, I love baking and am not afraid of new recipes. Of course, when I baked the sponge cake, it apparently didn’t rise enough like the owner’s recipe. But I got out of the situation. I cut out 2 whole bases. And I turned the leftovers into pieces and mixed them with the cream and into the center. The rest is as per the recipe

Lyla45

27.11.2023

4.9

delicious, but I think it will take a lot of tinkering. I really want to please my daughter! Because I like to cook something tasty and quick!

Elena

27.11.2023

4.7

Thank you so much for the recipe, the cake turned out amazingly delicious, everyone is happy. It’s a pity I can’t show you my creation, my daughter wanted a one-eyed one.