The movie Nightmare Before Christmas I consider it more Christmassy and already a classic for the month of December, but the world of characters and aesthetics that it made fashionable is typical to exploit in October, with Halloween in sight. The face of his character is already an icon and the good thing about it is its simplicity, since it allows us to transfer it to almost any recipe. A good example is this Jack Skellington chocolate cakevery simple and very apparent.
The cake has little mystery, using a simple but tasty chocolate sponge base and a cream cheese decoration.
By the way, those of us who are lactose intolerant are in luck, there are more and more alternatives to cream cheese for us on the market. If you don’t want to use food coloring to dye the cheese, you could use melted dark chocolate.
Preheat the oven to 180ºC and prepare a removable round mold, about 20-22 cm in diameter. Cover the bottom with parchment paper and grease the sides with butter or oil. Melt the butter and reserve.
Sift the flour with the cocoa powder and the salt two or three times, to avoid lumps. Arrange the eggs with the sugar in a bowl and beat with a wire mixer until doubled or tripled its size. Add the flour with the cocoa and mix with rods, by hand. Add the butter and vanilla, and mix gently.
Fill the mold, carefully break the bubbles on the surface using a spatula and bake for about 20-25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Wait 10 minutes outside the oven, unmold and place upside down on a rack to cool.
Drain the possible liquid from the cream cheese and beat with a few rods in a bowl. Add the sifted icing sugar and beat until incorporated. When the cake is cold, arrange a round layer on top without carrying the edges. Use a spatula to smooth it out. Mix the rest of the cheese with black food coloring and draw Jack Skellington’s face with a pastry bag.
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With what to accompany the Jack Skellington cake
The jack skellington cake It’s perfect for having a fun detail on dates close to Halloween or All Saints’ Day, without having to complicate things too much. It can be kept at room temperature, better in an airtight container, the day it is baked, but it is preferable to store what is left over in the fridge.
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