My rendition of the Lazy Cat Cake Dessert, also called “Krunchoco” because of the chocolatey crunchy topping…
Assalamu alaikum… Hello hello… How have all of you been? I have been promising to try to be more regular here, alas that has not been the case. Life has been playing and I am trying to just get along, but sometimes it is really hard. But Alhamdulillah, what would we have done if not for the Mercy of our Lord? 🙂 He will get all of us through whatever challenges we are facing, as long as we put our trust in Him…
Whoever goes in fear of Allah—He will give him a means of salvation and provide for him from sources which he does not expect. Whoever puts his trust in Allah—He will be enough for him. Allah always achieves His aim. Allah has appointed a measure for all things. (Surat at-Talaq: 2-3)
In between, we had Eid ul Adha last weekend and it was quite slow, Alhamdulillah. On day one, I made chicken cutlets as usual and went our way after the Eidgah to my ammayi’s house for breakfast. My SIL volunteered to make lunch, so my duty was to make desert. I wanted to make something really lazy, since it is quite hot – an understatement since the temperatures in the afternoons have been anything between 40 and 50 degrees Celsius since early May :/ – and my mind was fixated on making this viral dessert that has been floating all over TikTok and Instagram. Do you want a hint? Hehe…
OK, so it has a chocolate cake base soaked in chocolate milk, a pudding base with whipped cream and cheese, topped with chocolate ganache and then cocoa coated chocolate rice, which gives it the “Cruncho” reference. This dessert was developed by Lazy Cat, which is a well known cafe and everybody has been coming with their own versions of it. Well, I must stay it is a good dessert to take along for a gathering. It doesn’t take time to make, if you go for store bought ingredients. It assembles in no time and does it work as it sits in the fridge. The only thing that can go wrong is with the crunchiness of the topping. It needs to be sprinkled on the top only at the time of serving so that it is crunchy. Otherwise, it will go soggy and it doesn’t taste that great – just saying.
The pictures for this post ain’t great, but I so love this above click. Azza has grown up so much, since the last time I did a hand shot with her for this passion fruit limeade. My girls are growing up so soon, so much that my elder one will start college very soon, In Sha Allah… Please include all of us in your duas… 🙂 And yes, if you like reels, you can watch the one I made for this dessert here. 😀
Lazy Cat Viral Cake | Krunchoco Cake
Ingredients
FOR CHOCOLATE CAKE BASE
- 6 chocolate muffins, readymade refer notes
- 200 ml chocolate milk
FOR PUDDING BASE
- 2 sachets whipped cream powder
- 1/2 cup cold milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 200 gm thick cream one packet
- 200 gm cream cheese like Philadelphia
- 1/3 tin condensed milk if needed for sweetness, refer notes
FOR CHOCOLATE GANACHE
- 125 gm thick cream
- 125 gm chocolate I used a mix of white and dark
FOR CRUNCHY CHOCO LAYER
- 50 gm chocolate melted
- 2 cups chocolate rice cereal
- 1 tbsp cocoa powder heaped
Instructions
- In a square pan, chop the muffins and line up the bottom. Pour chocolate milk all over and allow it to soak.
- In a mixing bowl, empty the powder sachets. Top with milk and vanilla extract. Beat till stiff.
- Add in the cream and cheese and whip just till mixed. Check for sweetness.
- If you want more sweetness, just beat in the condensed milk, or else you can avoid it.
- Spread this pudding mixture on top of the chocolate cake base. Keep in the fridge to set, and till the ganache is done.
- Heat the cream in a saucepan, using a double boiler. Add the chocolate and keep whisking till it melts completely.
- Take out of the heat and allow the ganache to cool completely.
- Now take out the dessert and spread the cooled ganache on top of the cooled dessert, evenly on the top.
- Now cover with cling film and allow the dessert to rest till the time of serving.
- For the topping, in a mixing bowl, add the chocolate rice cereal. Drizzle the melted chocolate while still hot and give it a good mix to coat all the cereal.
- Sprinkle the cocoa powder and toss to coat. Allow it to cool and keep in an airtight container till serving.
- Once ready to serve, sprinkle the rice cereal on top and serve immediately.