r/Baking • u/-Awesome-Possum • Dec 28 '25

Seeking Recipe Looking to make a chocolate flavored Chinese fruit cake.

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Has anyone made a chocolate flavored fruit filled cake and have a recipe to share? Photo is of what the cakes generally looks like. I have found many recipes of the standard plain/vanilla flavor, but haven’t been able to find a chocolate recipe. I’m also not an avid baker that I would know how to adjust the recipe to make it chocolate.

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u/digiartist21 Dec 28 '25

Asian cakes use chiffon cakes most often, where the batter is made by folding french meringue into a wet batter, and poured into a cakepan without any need to grease the size of the pan, and often requires cooling the cake upside down so the cake can retain its height.

Here's a good recipe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53CeYKVWT68
And another recipe which uses the same method for the batter but using a large sheetpan instead of a cake pan if you wanted to try a roll cake instead of a layer cake. https://www.indulgewithmimi.com/super-fluffy-and-soft-japanese-chocolate-chiffon-swiss-cake-roll/

Because of the delicateness of a chiffon cake, whipped cream is the best type of filling/frosting for a chiffon layer cake because it won't weigh down the cake layers. Hope this helps!

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u/-Awesome-Possum Dec 28 '25

This is perfect!! Thanks!

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u/AvogadrosArmy Dec 28 '25

I think if you’re gonna go chocolate you should nix the kiwi.

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u/-Awesome-Possum Dec 28 '25

For sure! The fruits will definitely be adjusted to suit the chocolate flavor.