Maybe you’re looking for something to surprise this year. A dessert that will not only be good, but also interesting to look at. Edible clay fulfills exactly this. At first glance, it seems unobtrusive, almost strange, but as soon as you taste it, you will change your mind.
At first glance, it looks strange. A dessert that resembles clay? But that’s the best part about it. Edible clay is a trend that came from but it gradually made its way into home kitchens. And in the spring, it makes more sense than ever.
Watch a video by Mirka van Gils Slavíková with a recipe for cocoa sponge cake on YouTube:
Just pour it into a glass, add it and suddenly you have a dessert that looks like a small flower bed.
When food looks like nature
The principle is simple. You will create a loose mixture that looks like soil but tastes like a chocolate dessert.
Edible clay is mainly used as a decoration, for example for cups, cakes or desserts in a glass. It is the contrast between the plain appearance and the sweet taste that makes the effect.
Similar elements have been used in professional kitchens for years. But you can prepare them at home surprisingly easily.
Recipe for edible clay
Raw materials:
- 150 g of butter
- 100 g of sugar
- 150 g plain flour
- approx. 30–40 g of cocoa
Procedure:
Rub the butter and sugar until smooth. Add flour and cocoa and make a dough.
Spread this evenly on a baking sheet and bake at a lower temperature (around 140 °C) for about 12-15 minutes.
After cooling, crumble the dough – with your hands or briefly in a mixer. A loose mixture is created that resembles clay.
How to use it
This is where the fun begins. Edible clay is not only a dessert, but mainly a decoration. It works great for the bottom of a glass with cream, on the surface of cakes, as a bed on a cake for fruit or herbs or perhaps in a flower pot as an unconventional sweet surprise.
Versions with gummy earthworms or edible flowers often appear on social networks, which accentuate the whole effect even more.
A simple idea that catches the eye
“This dessert is not only about the taste, but mainly about the impression. People will be surprised that something that looks like clay tastes like a chocolate cake,” chef David Šlapák told Recipe.
You don’t need anything complicated to prepare. And at the same time, something will be created that will not be overlooked by anyone on the table. And that’s why this trend is spreading so quickly, combining playfulness, simplicity and a little surprise. And sometimes that’s exactly enough.
