Aldi · Desserts
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Chocolate in three forms across the same cake: a cocoa sponge, a chocolate cream between the layers and chocolate curls over the top. Using more than one form is what gives a chocolate cake depth. Cocoa powder in a sponge is dry and slightly bitter, a cream filling carries fat and sweetness, and curls on top are firm and snap. Any one alone would read flatter than the three together. The curls are also the part most likely to soften. Chocolate shaved that thin softens quickly, which is why the curls are the first part of the cake to lose their shape.
