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A moist nut cake as a Halloween cake? Absolutely! With chocolatey spiders, this loaf cake becomes the highlight when baking with kids.
As you probably know, my minis and I love baking themed cakes – with colorful glazes, lots of sprinkles, and other decorative highlights. Today, we’re keeping it “classic” and decorating with delicious chocolate glaze and tasty chocolate drops, which we transform into spider bodies. A moist nut cake finished off with a delicious hazelnut-chocolate glaze: this will be a Halloween treat!
Recipe for our Moist Nut Cake
Our moist nut cake is made from a simple sponge batter and a cute chocolatey decoration. A super easy recipe for baking with kids. The decorating in particular is something the minis will love. If your minis aren’t fans of marshmallows, you can also use Smarties, candy eyes, pearls, icing, etc. for the spiders’ eyes.
Ingredients
Sponge dough
- 200 g ground hazelnuts
- 220 g (spelled) flour
- 180 ml sunflower oil
- 4 eggs
- 1 packet of baking powder (15 g)
- 1 pinch of salt
- 100 g sugar
- 1 packet of bourbon vanilla sugar (15 g)
- 130 ml milk
Decoration
- 100 g Dr. Oetker hazelnut glaze*
- Dark chocolate*
- Mini marshmallows*
- Peanut Mini Cups*
Baking accessories
2 mixing bowls, Kitchen scale, Measuring cup, Hand mixer, Loaf pan, Baking paper, Cooling rack, Saucepan for water bath, Pastry brush, Disposable piping tip
DIY muffin topper set
Do you already know our DIY gift tag set? With the cute gift tags for your DIY gifts from the kitchen, you can beautifully decorate your muffins. The muffin toppers are available as a colored print or for you to color in yourself!
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Preparation
- First, preheat the oven to 175°C (top/bottom heat).
- Mix oil, sugar, and eggs with the hand mixer.
- Combine ground hazelnuts, flour, baking powder, and salt, and stir into the oil-sugar-egg mixture.
- Finally, stir in the milk and pour the batter into the loaf pan lined with baking paper.
- Bake the hazelnut cake at 175°C (top/bottom heat) for 50 minutes. Use the skewer test to check if the sponge is fully baked.
- Let the moist hazelnut cake cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then remove it and place it on a cooling rack to cool completely.
- Once fully cooled, cover it with the hazelnut glaze melted in a water bath.
- Now decorate small spiders on the hazelnut cake: the Peanut Mini Cups form the spider bodies, mini marshmallows make the spider eyes, and the legs are drawn with melted chocolate from a piping bag. And your spider cake for Halloween is ready!
Preparation in pictures
If you like our moist nut cake with spider decoration, you and your minis will surely also enjoy our “hairy” Spider Muffins or the crispy spider cake pops!
My minis and I wish your minis and you loads of fun with your Halloweentastic baking!
Yours, Lia
DIY Halloween Treats
Trick or treat? With our DIY print template you can make creative Halloween treats with your kids from Ritter Sport Minis and hand them out on Halloween or bring them to the Halloween party as a small guest gift. Here you can find our DIY print template.
Trick or Treat?
Have you baked the recipe?
How exciting! We're really happy about that! We are pleased that we were able to delight you with our recipe. Feel free to share your treat with us on Instagram using the hashtag #backenmitminis.
Halloween-Baking with kids – Would you also like to have a spooky Halloween baking event with your kids and friends? I've put together great baking highlights for Halloween for you here! From muffin and baking cups to matching edible decorations, you'll find spooky Halloween cake decorations in this list! Have fun browsing!*
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