From
Dalgona coffee
to Fondues, we have championed the cause of cooking trendy
deserts by now, courtesy COVID-19 lockdown. And so for the ‘pawri’ to keep
going, we are here with yet another exciting yet mouth watering cake recipe—Pinata
cake. Pinata cake, which has captured a better part of  you social media feed now is an up and coming food trend that you just cannot afford to miss.

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What is Pinata cake

Pinata cake, also called ‘smash cakes’ a uniquely styled cake with a tough chocolate exterior that comes with a hammer. Yes, you read it right, a cake with a hammer. So, before we spill all the beans here is what a Pinata cake looks like.

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What about the hammer?

So
the hammer for this Pinata cake is for
the hard chocolate exterior which mushrooms the main cake and the inside of it
is usually stuffed with chocolates, gems, macroons, and other sweet goodies.
You can shape the exterior based on the occasion. The hard surface is smashed
with hammer to unlock the inner sweet surprise.

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How the trend started?

Pinata
cakes trend began on the social media platform Instagram around Valentine ’s
Day with heart shaped cakes made of hard chocolate being posted online with a hash
tag Pinatacake.

The
hashtag soon picked pace and now have more than 150 thousand post with new one
being added every minute.