Ice Cube Cake - Ledene Kocke

By Grammie926

Let’s start by talking about the name. Ledene Kocke. Translators generally make this “Ice Cube Cake” which is completely adorable. It was only after I thought about how the cake is made, that I realized this may be a faulty translation.

Ingredients

• For the custard topping
• 3 cups milk
• 2/3 cups sugar
• 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
• 2/3 cups flour
• 16 Tbsp unsalted butter (2 sticks)
• For the cake
• 6 eggs, separated
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa (sifted, then measured)
• 1/3 cup flour
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• butter, for greasing pan
• For the syrup
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 tsp rose water or orange blossom water syrup (optional)
• For the chocolate topping
• 8 oz semi sweet baking chocolate
• 6 Tbsp oil

Details

Servings 1
Preparation time 25mins
Cooking time 50mins
Adapted from globaltableadventure.com

Preparation

Step 1

For the custard topping:

Heat up the milk, sugar and vanilla extract until steaming. Meanwhile, ladle enough milk into the flour to create a thick slurry. Pour it back into the milk mixture and heat until it resembles thick vanilla pudding. Be sure to whisk well as you go, so that lumps do not form.
Let cool completely, then beat in the butter.

For the cake:

Preheat the oven to 350F. Grease a 13×9 cake pan generously with butter. (You can use a smaller pan, but you’ll have to increase the cooking time)

In a large bowl, whisk together the cocoa, flour, and baking powder.

Next, Beat the egg whites until foamy, then gradually add the sugar until glossy, stiff peaks form. Fold in the egg yolks. Now, fold the cocoa mixture into the egg white mixture. Spread the thick, fluffy cocoa brown batter into the cake pan. Bake 25 minutes

For the syrup:

Simmer the sugar, water, and orange blossom water (or rose water) until the sugar dissolves, about five minutes. Then, use a fork to poke a few holes on the cake. Pour the syrup over the hot cake until…… you have your very own swimming pool. Let sit until completely absorbed.

For the chocolate topping:

Melt the chocolate over a double boiler and stir in the oil.

To assemble:

Top the cake with the cooled custard cream, spreading it out evenly with a spatula. Then pour on the chocolate topper and smooth it out. Deliciousness.

You can also just dust on cocoa powder if you don’t want to mess with the chocolate (it will look like the top of a piece of Tiramisu).

Refrigerate until the chocolate sets, then slice into squares.