Pinata & Bomb Cakes in Gurgaon

The shell is thick enough to hold its shape but it gives way in a few taps with the wooden mallet that comes with it. Younger children usually manage with a hand over theirs for the first swing. Put the cake on a board or a tray before anyone starts, because the chocolate splinters outward when it goes.

Less than in a plain cake of the same weight, because the chocolate shell and the filling take up a good part of it. For a small group it is plenty on its own. For a bigger party most people either take a larger shell or keep a second cake alongside, so the pinata stays the moment and the other cake does the feeding.

It arrives set, because we deliver in a temperature-controlled cab, and a dark chocolate shell holds better in the heat than milk or white does. Keep it in the fridge until just before the smash rather than leaving it out on the table, and plan that moment for early in the party instead of the end.

We fill and seal it here, so it arrives closed and there is nothing for you to add on the day. That means anything you want inside has to be decided when you order rather than at the table. Tell us who is swinging the mallet and roughly how old they are, and we match the filling to that.