Gingerbread Cake with Chocolate & Orange

Cake Layer Overview:

Cake Base:
Gingerbread Cakes 20 minutes

Crunch:
Gingerbread Biscuit Orange Crunch 5 minutes

Creamy Elements:
Orange Caramel 25 minutes Chocolate Truffle Ganache with Dark Chocolate & Orange 15 minutes

Mousse:
Milk Chocolate Mousse 25 minutes

Decoration:
Mirror Glaze 20 minutes

Recipe Details:

Skill Level: Intermediate

Flavor: Cinnamon / Gingerbread, Hazelnut, Milk/Dark Chocolate, Orange

Categories: Entremet Cakes, Seasonal

Yield & Time:

Servings / Yield: 8-10 servings

Total Active Working Time: 1 hour & 50 minutes
Approximate hands-on time only. Excludes weighing ingredients, baking, cooling, freezing, resting and assembly time, as well as the time required to prepare chocolate decorations.

This gingerbread cake is truly the BEST Christmas cake I’ve ever created.

It’s so flavorful, with the warm spice of gingerbread, a fresh twist of zesty orange and a rich chocolate layer that make it the perfect Christmas cake.

This cake is probably also one of the most elegant cakes I’ve made! I love love the chocolate bow design that makes this cake look like a present. It’s honestly one of my favorite decorations!

If you’re looking for the perfect Christmas cake, I think you’re gonna love this one! 

Happy baking <3

For extra guidance while baking, watch my step-by-step video tutorial, where I show you how to make the cake from start to finish:

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Day 1

Gingerbread Biscuit Orange Crunch:

  • 70 g Bastogne / Biscoff biscuits / Spekulatius gingerbread biscuits
  • 30 g butter
  • 25 g milk chocolate (33%)
  • 0.75 tbsp creamy Biscoff spread
  • 40 g feuilletine
  • 0.5 tsp pumpkin spice (I use this pumpkin spice recipe: 4 tsp cinnamon, 2 tsp ground ginger, 1 tsp clove, 1 tsp nutmeg, 1 tsp allspice, 0.25 tsp cardamom)
  • a pinch of salt
  • 1.75 tsp orange zest
  1. Blend the biscuits into crumbs in a blender.
  2. Melt the butter and mix it with the biscuit crumbs.
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