No, we didn’t accidentally drop this cake on the ground before serving it. We shattered it into pieces on purpose! We got the idea from a deconstructed chocolate cake we had at a Copenhagen rooftop restaurant a couple of years ago. By shattering the cake and layering the pieces with yoghurt and whipped cream it looks even more decadent and it also turns the serving process into a lottery, as the pieces come in all shapes and sizes. As spectacular as it might look, the great flavour and texture are actually our favourite things about this cake. Light, moist and sweet, with pieces of blueberries breaking through.
We use this cake as a standard birthday cake in our family. For our daughter Elsa’s 6th birthday we omitted the berries, doubled the recipe and shaped the cake as a fairy (obviously not shattered!).