Many wake up to the tantalizing smell of coffee or a soothing sound of birds chirping outside their home walls or both. I remember waking up to the warm aroma of things being cooked in the kitchen. The memories of food prepared by my mom and grandmothers stays with me throughout this life’s journeys.
On a Sunday, my mom would usually make up a quick batch of pancakes. She would use leftover of kefir or milk or sour cream and create something really good tasting and looking and smelling. We would run into the kitchen and reach out to that first or second pancake off the piping hot griddle and eat it right there standing by the oven!
I love the smell of food. It always brings up to the surface the feelings from my childhood. When I cook in my kitchen these days, I create recipes and food aromas that may stay with my children in their memories forever as well.
This weekend, I had a few simple ingredients found in any fridge and pantry that created this awesomely delicious Chocolate Custard Cake. Your kids could help you whipping up the ingredients and pouring it into the baking dish. All is super doable and easy. Take a look and see for yourself.
The Magic of A Layered Look Happens During the Baking

Ask Your Kids To Mix Up All Ingredients – It’ Fun!
A more intimate handling of food and ingredients teaches children different textures and a process of food preparation. They learn – consciously and subconsciously – that food does not magically appear in front of them. They see the ingredients transformation during the prep phase and are engaged in “magical” materialization of one form and consistency into the final awesomely looking dessert.

Pour Raw Ingredients Into A Baking Pan
Lining your baking pan with wax paper would help easy clean-up at the end!

After One Hour In the Oven –
Voila, Breathing Dessert With A Magical Layered Structure

Use Confectioner’s Sugar Over Top
Cut Up to the Desired Shape & Size
This dessert can be easily made into a bite-size mini cakes! Just cut the baked cake into the small pieces to enjoy a one-bite delight. The cake is not messy and is really an excellent dessert to work with for parties and get-togethers. I love this recipe for its uniqueness and ease of delivery. I’ll show in a separate post what I’ve done with the variations for this cake. You may be surprised. I hope you do like surprises, don’t you?

Ready for High Tea Or Family Dinner Dessert
In a few bites, this chocolate custard cake piece will be gone. Yet the memories how it tasted and felt will stay with you for a long time. Extend it to eternal time when you make this recipe your stellar dessert for family gatherings, birthdays and get-togethers.

PIN for Your Next Tastebuds Adventure!

Ingredients
- 4 Eggs, room temperature, separated
- 1 tsp Vanilla Essence
- 1 1/4 cup Sugar
- 1/2 cup Butter, melted
- 1/2 cup Flour
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 1/2 cup Cocoa Powder
- 2 Tbs Nutella
- 2 cups Milk
- Powdered Sugar, for dusting
- Mint Leaves & edible flowers, to garnish
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 320 F (160 C) - line a 13 x 9 inch ( 20 x 30cm ) baking pan with baking paper
- Whisk the Egg Yolks, Vanilla and Sugar until creamy - add the melted Butter and whisk until combined.
- Sift together the sifted Flour, Salt and Cocoa Powder - add to the Egg/Butter mixture and mix well. Add the Nutella and mix until incorporated into the mixture.
- Gradually pour in the Milk into the Flour mixture. Mix well until all ingredients are well incorporated. It will be liquidy.
- In a separate bowl, beat the Egg Whites until stiff.
- Pour the Egg Whites mixture into the Flour mixture. Carefully mix all together.
- Pour the mixture into the prepared pan. Bake for 1 hour.
- Cool to room temperature.
- Decorate with powdered sugar, mint and flowers if desired.
- Store in the fridge in closed container.

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39 thoughts on “Fairytale Chocolate Custard Cake for Family Celebrations”
Oh goodness, what a delicious treat. We made these for tea time this week and my kids loved them.
This cake looks so delicious! I love how how beautiful the cake looks, with all the separate layers.
I am a big fan of chocolate! This looks so tasty. I am going to have to make this recipe for my family. I feel like they’ll really enjoy it.
This is a nice cake! I love this type of cakes as they are not so greasy.
I love your recipe, very easy to do and the ingredients are easy to find also.
I just saved this article as i want to make some for christmas day dessert. I love how elegant and simple the finish product looks like.
oh my goodness this looks so delicious !!! I have to try to make this around the holiday.
These look amazing!!!!
This cake looks so delicious! I need to try it out this holiday season
Oh my gosh, your custard chocolate cake recipe look so delicious and look so easy to prepare. I am so excited to make this for my whole family, thank you for sharing this with us!
CUSTARD is definitely one of my favorite words to describe a dessert – ie: I know it’s going to be smooth and creamy and friggin’ MAGICAL!!! Sign this girl, UP!
This looks so good! I love chocolate so this is perfect! I can’t wait to give this a try.
This dessert looks fantastic. I love how full of chocolate flavor it is.
I have very basic cooking skills and can’t really bake but this looks so good! Chocolate custard YUM
I was thinking about a new dessert recipe for my next weekend party! Love this cake!
I’m not a baker but this looks pretty easy so I will give it a try. I love chocolate anything so this is right up my alley for my weekend treat
I’m looking for some easy summer desserts. This looks like a winner!
I am intrigued by this cake. I like the lightness and the different textures in the layers.
Oh my yum!! This looks so delicious! I think I might try it for my picnic this. weekend!
Oh my word does this look amazing!! I would love to recreate it! Custard is the best dessert ever!
This looks so delicious. This would be perfect for me to make for the 4th of July.
Mmmm! That sounds right up my alley! My family will love this.
How fun to do a high tea party at home. This looks like such a delicious dessert, my kids would love this and it would be a fun project to make this and put together a nice tea.
That looks so easy to make, and with great results! May just have to try this myself!
That looks amazing! Anything involving custard is always a winner for me. Thank you so much for sharing this! Om nom nom.
I used to love baking and now I am in that period where I want to prepare meals on the go. But this reminded me of how much I want to experiment with cakes.
I like the idea of letting the kids to mix the ingredients. This is another way to make bond with them and enjoy cooking together. This looks so delicious by the way.
This looks so yummy. I love how it was made, the thickness is just enough to bite and it’s so cute. I want to try this soon.
All of my girls love to bake, so this would be a magical one to make together. None of us ever turn down chocolate!
It looks and sounds wonderfully moist and delicious. I love small tea servings of cakes and tarts as they always hit the sweet spot. YUM!
That does look like a good flavor combo. I do love a good custard and who doesn’t love cake? It looks pretty too.
You had me at “fairy tale” and also “custard, ok and “chocolate”. LOL. Can’t wait to try this!
YUMMA! This looks so light and delicate for a chocolate cake. I’m not crazy about things that are overwhelmingly chocolate, but this looks like just the right amount.
My daughter has started to love cooking and baking. This would be a great one to have her help with. We could have a fancy together after she makes it.
Kristi,
She will have a blast in making this cake!
After you make it, she will be so delighted to see the layers it forms and the taste she has created!
Go for it!
This recipe has become a baking staple in my house.
My children have food allergies. So, getting their food is definitely a longer prep time. I love the idea of showing kids how to appreciate their meals.
It sounds amazing! I would love to give that recipe a try. It looks so delicious as well. I think allowing the kids to help out in the kitchen will make them more interested in food. It’s also a chance to teach them some much needed life skills!
This obviously was the wrong week to give up sugar. This looks fantastic, but I would eat way too many!
You had me at chocolate! Your Fairytale Chocolate Custard Cake sounds absolutely fabulous! My daughter would love the fairy tale part!