Colomba cake with chocolate chips: irresistible Easter dessert, a delicious variant of the traditional colomba, soft and delicious is perfect for Easter breakfast but great to enjoy any time of the year.
It’s a dough made with simple and genuine ingredients enriched with delicious chocolate chips that make it even tastier just like the yogurt plumcake with chocolate chips, a perfect blend of tradition and deliciousness
However, like all traditional recipes, there are different variants to make a colomba cake like the lemon colomba cake or the chocolate colomba cake two Easter recipes that always please everyone’s palate but this time, I also added the quick cold chocolate cream a real explosion of taste with every bite.
Now, you just need to get all the ingredients and prepare an Easter chocolate colomba with this simple recipe, and I’m sure you’ll make a great impression. But let’s see what we need to make the colomba cake with chocolate chips: irresistible Easter dessert
HERE ARE SOME SWEET AND DELICIOUS RECIPES TO BRING TO THE TABLE ON EASTER DAY
- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Cheap
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 8 People
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Easter
Ingredients
Colomba cake with chocolate chips: irresistible Easter dessert, a delicious variant of the traditional colomba, soft and delicious
- 3 eggs
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup potato starch
- 3.4 fl oz milk
- 6.8 fl oz heavy whipping cream (fresh)
- 1 packet baking powder
- 5.3 oz chocolate chips
- almond extract
- 3.5 oz unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 oz honey
- 6.1 fl oz water
- chocolate chips
- almonds
- powdered sugar
- sugar (in granules)
Tools
HERE’S WHAT WE NEED
- 1 Colomba mold
- 1 Electric whisk
Steps
LET’S PREPARE THE COLOMBA CAKE
To make the colomba cake, you can follow this recipe, you just need to add the chocolate chips to the dough. Pour everything into a 700 g paper colomba mold.
PREPARE THE COLD CREAM: In a bowl, pour the cocoa with the honey and mix, add a little water at a time and mix, you need to get a thick consistency, add it by spoonfuls to the surface of the colomba cake, cover with sugar granules and almonds, and finally, sprinkle with powdered sugar. Bake at 350°F for about 35/40 minutes but adjust to your oven and always do the toothpick test. Remove from oven and sprinkle with more powdered sugar.
PLACE THE CHOCOLATE CHIPS IN THE FRIDGE AT LEAST 1 HOUR BEFORE USING THEM SO THEY WON’T SINK TO THE BOTTOM
FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
CAN I SUBSTITUTE THE POTATO STARCH?
YES, OF COURSE WITH MORE FLOUR
