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Chocolate Christmas Cake Hack

December 24, 2014 by Sarah / Maison Cupcake

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This is not so much a chocolate Christmas cake as a Christmas cake covered in chocolate.

I get some whacky parcels show up that these days. When I agreed to received some samples of Lindt chocolate “to cook with” I got more than I bargained for.

It was like something out of One Foot in the Grave when Victor takes the delivery of 263 garden gnomes.

Ted is rather blasé about the strange things that come through our door nowadays. A terracotta army’s worth of gold foil wrapped festive figurines barely raised an eyebrow.

It was a little different when we had some of his friends round for tea. Their eyes were on stalks, “But why have you got so much chocolate?”, said one excited boy with a glow on his face similar to when the Bond Girl in Goldfinger is found on the bed covered in paint.

It’s a reasonable enough question. And what I’m about to show you is only the half of it.

Lindt Christmas bears

Twelve mini gold bears

Lindt Christmas santas

Eleven mini santas

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Ten mini reindeer

Lindt Christmas reindeer

Nine big reindeer.  The bells make a pleasing jingle.

Lindt Christmas bells

Eight gold bells (I like these, they’re nice and solid)

Lindt Christmas snowmen

Seven packets of snowmen

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Six santas’ grottos

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Five go-old bears

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Four creamy milk filling filled packets of bears

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Three medium santas

Lindt Christmas reindeer ears

Two sets of reindeer ears with more reindeer

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And one humungous Father Christmas in his own plastic carrier box. He weighs a kilo. (Shown on the chair for scale).

So what does one do with this much chocolate? Unsurprisingly, some of the hollow pieces were damaged which was a good excuse to eat those. But seriously, when you’re faced with a mountain of milk chocolate, the appeal does pall surprisingly fast. You can have too much of a good thing!

The rest has been distributed out to Ted’s class, those of our friends with children, my husbands’ work colleagues and some will come in handy for family members as gifts.

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Getting creative with the Lindt, we created a centre piece for our Christmas table by covering a Christmas cake with molten reindeer and then arranging chocolate figurines on top.

This will forever be remembered as the bizarre Christmas surrounded by gold Lindt. And on that note I wish you a Merry Lindtmas – sorry – Merry Christmas.

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Comments

  1. Margot @ Coffee & Vanilla says

    December 24, 2014 at 2:18 pm

    Wow, that is a lot of chocolate! Love the teddies on the Christmas tree, such a great idea 🙂

    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      December 25, 2014 at 11:41 am

      Thank you Margot, I am not sure how long the teddies will last on the tree 😉

  2. Elizabeth says

    December 24, 2014 at 2:43 pm

    Wowee look at all that chocolate!!! Wishing you a wonderful Christmas and a very prosperous New Year!

    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      December 25, 2014 at 11:41 am

      Thanks Elizabeth, happy Christmas!

  3. Urvashi says

    December 24, 2014 at 3:34 pm

    Blooming ‘eck! That’s a bonkers amount of chocolate.

    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      December 25, 2014 at 11:41 am

      And there was more…

  4. Bintu @ Recipes From A Pantry says

    December 24, 2014 at 4:19 pm

    Live love love the idea. I think I need to hint at OH about getting a hamper full of lindt like yours. Herr is hoping. Have a fab xmas Sarah.

    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      December 25, 2014 at 11:42 am

      It will give you a lovely warm glow!

  5. Judith (Mostly About Chocolate Blog) says

    December 24, 2014 at 10:00 pm

    What a MOUNTAIN of Lindt! That looks amazing. I might have grated it down and made hot chocolate or something 😀 but even that would still be a lot!

    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      December 25, 2014 at 11:42 am

      Oh I still have enough to do that LOL

  6. Emily @amummytoo says

    December 26, 2014 at 3:33 pm

    Oh that is a super idea and a chocolate lover’s dream come true!

  7. ManjiriK says

    December 28, 2014 at 7:55 pm

    Brilliant Idea for a centerpiece cake , and sooo much chocolate wowww ! Hope you had a brilliant Christmas and here’s wishing all of you a Happy new Year!

  8. Janie says

    December 31, 2014 at 11:27 am

    Haha, that’s hilarious! Although I bet it tasted wonderful 🙂
    Here’s wishing you and your family a wonderful 2015 Sarah, I hope you accomplish all that you dream of..
    Janie x

  9. Jo of Jo's Kitchen says

    January 7, 2015 at 10:12 am

    If you still have some of the Lindt chocolate left, I am happy to help you dispose of it LOL!

  10. Lisa | Sweet 2 Eat Baking says

    January 8, 2015 at 1:41 am

    Holy smokes, that’s nuts! That’s a whole lotta’ chocolate. And that giant Santa… blimey!

    I wish me and Lindt could now be BFFs. I want to be surrounded by hallow chocolate friends that last for the rest of the year! 🙂

    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      January 8, 2015 at 10:44 am

      They feel like foes really, too much temptation. Have dished most of it out to friends.

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