Chocolate - Cream cheese Letter Shaped Ice Box Cake: Happy Birthday To My Shai
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Sweets, Cakes
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Serves: 4 layer cake
 
This is an amazing cake! easy and delicious! keep in mind that you need to make it at least one day ahead and that the quantities below would be good for 4 layers sized 8 X 11 (you can adjust as you like but may end up with less or more layers)
Ingredients
For the layers:
  • 3 Cups All Purpose Flour
  • ½ Cup Cocoa Powder
  • 1 Cup Sugar (you can use ¾ if frosting is sweet)
  • 1 tsp Baking Powder
  • ½ tsp Salt
  • 1 Cup Unsalted Butter
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1 tsp Almond Extract (or vanilla)
For the frosting:
  • 1 Pack (8 oz.) Cold Cream Cheese
  • ½ Cup Sugar
  • ½ Cup Powder Sugar
  • ½ tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 1½ Cups Whipping Cream
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350G/ 180C
  2. Mix the flour, salt and baking powder in a medium bowl.
  3. In a separate bowl beat the butter and sugar until fluffy and then add in the eggs and almond extract and beat until batter is even.
  4. Combine the 2 bowls and mix just until fully incorporated and even.
  5. Divide the dough into 4 pieces and put aside (you can cover with towel to prevent from drying).
  6. Using a rolling pin, roll the first piece of dough between 2 pieces of parchment paper. Roll until you get a leaf about ½ cm thick (if it's thinner it's fine but will need to bake a bit less).
  7. Transfer to a baking sheet using the parchment paper it is on, and freeze for 10 minutes.
  8. After 10 minutes in the freezer, trace and cut the letter shape (I had the letter printed and cut from a paper so I used it as a stencil and traced it on the dough itself).
  9. Bake for 10-12 minutes.
  10. Remove from oven and let it cool completely.
  11. Repeat with remaining dough pieces (If you have a large baking sheet you might be able to fit 2 pieces on one sheet).
Prepare the Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting:
  1. In a medium bowl, beat the cream cheese with the sugars and vanilla extract until fluffy.
  2. In a separate bowl beat the whipping cream until it forms stiff peaks.
  3. Fold the whipped cream into the cream cheese mix and gently mix them until combined.
Assembling the cake:
  1. Fill up a piping bag with the frosting and pipe small peaks on each layer, topping each layer with another.
  2. Finish off with piping frosting on the top layer.
  3. Once you're done, place in the fridge for AT LEAST 24 HOURS before serving.
  4. Before serving, add the toppings you like (like chocolates, waffles, candy and other goodies)
  5. Refrigerate any leftovers.
Recipe by Maya`s Kitchen at https://www.mayaskitchen.info/2018/08/01/chocolate-cream-cheese-letter-shaped-ice-box-cake-happy-birthday-to-my-shai/