Recipe: Cake chocolates for Mother’s Day

Mother's Day is coming soon - time to start thinking about how you can give your dear mom a little treat. Even though we should all appreciate our mothers every day, this day is special. After all, we want to show how much we love them and how grateful we are - no matter how old we are. If you want to give from the heart, DIY is always the best option. And since love is known to go through the stomach, something homemade is just the thing. Add a pretty bouquet of flowers, maybe even a meadow bouquet you picked yourself. And just say THANK YOU. Your mom will surely be happy about it!

Today I'm going to show you a simple recipe for cake chocolates that are super quick to make. You can decorate the chocolates as you like, with melted chocolate, chopped nuts, colourful sugar sprinkles or little hearts. Enjoy the time with your mom and have a wonderful Mother's Day to all the moms out there!

For the sponge cake batter:

• 5 eggs
• 100 g raw cane sugar
• 120 g wheat flour, plain
• 2 level teaspoons baking powder

For the cream:

• 100 g cream cheese
• 100 ml eggnog (here you can find a recipe for homemade eggnog)
• 50 g natural yoghurt
• 1 tablespoon butter, melted
• 80 g icing sugar
• 1/2 tsp grated organic lemon
• 1/4 tsp bourbon vanilla
• 300 g milk chocolate coating
• white chocolate coating for decorating

Separate the eggs. Beat the egg whites until stiff. In another bowl, whisk egg yolks with sugar until foamy. Fold the flour and beaten egg whites into the yolk mixture with a whisk. Spread the mixture on a baking tray covered with baking paper. Then bake in a preheated oven at 170°C for about 20-30 minutes until golden brown. Let the dough cool down, then crumble it in a bowl and put it aside.

For the cream, mix all the ingredients together in a bowl and gradually empty into the sponge crumbs. Knead by hand until a new dough is formed that is neither too wet nor too crumbly. Shape the finished kneaded dough into balls and place on a baking sheet. Refrigerate the shaped cake pralines for about 30 minutes.