Choose according to the role each ingredient will play: custard creams provide a vanilla-filled biscuit element, while boxed truffles can decorate a finished cake or accompany it as a gift. If chocolate needs to go into the cake or frosting, follow the recipe’s specification instead; Lindt’s chocolate cake recipe uses 70% dark chocolate for those parts and LINDOR truffles for decoration. Check the current labels of every ingredient when baking for someone with dietary restrictions.
If the recipe calls for chocolate in the sponge or frosting, distinguish that ingredient from chocolates placed on the finished cake. Lindt’s cake recipe gives its dark chocolate and truffles these separate roles.
Custard creams bring a vanilla-filled sandwich biscuit to the cake plan, rather than replacing the chocolate specified in a chocolate-cake recipe. Tesco and Crawford’s describe their custard creams as vanilla-filled sandwich biscuits.
Check each biscuit, chocolate and other cake ingredient separately. Tesco’s standard custard creams list wheat and milk ingredients; Sainsbury’s labels its distinct Free From Custard Creams product milk and gluten free.
Decide whether you need an ingredient for the bake, a finished-cake decoration or a biscuit element before comparing packs.
| Priority | What to check | Your needs |
|---|---|---|
| Chocolate for the bake | Check the recipe’s chocolate type and cocoa percentage, and whether it calls for chocolate in the cake, frosting or both. Lindt’s chocolate cake recipe specifies 70% dark chocolate for its cake and frosting. | I need chocolate to incorporate into the cake or frosting, not a box of filled chocolates chosen for decoration. |
| Finished-cake decoration | Check the form of the chocolates, the current ingredient label and how the recipe uses them. Lindt’s recipe places unwrapped LINDOR truffles on the finished cake. | A box of individual chocolates suits my plan if they are for the finished cake or to accompany it as a gift. |
| Custard-cream biscuit element | Check that the pack contains the vanilla-filled sandwich biscuits you want. If a milk- or gluten-free biscuit is needed, check that the specific product carries the relevant label. | I want a separate custard-cream biscuit element rather than another kind of chocolate. |
| Ingredients and storage | Read the current allergen information for every cake component and follow each pack’s storage instructions. The Joybuy listing for LINDOR Milk Chocolate Truffles says to keep them dry and away from heat. | When sharing the cake, I need to check the decorations as carefully as the ingredients used in the bake. |
They can serve different purposes in the same cake project. Lindt’s recipe uses 70% dark chocolate in the cake and frosting and LINDOR truffles as decoration; custard creams are vanilla-filled sandwich biscuits.
Choose the ingredient for the part of the recipe where you intend to use it, and do not swap in filled truffles for recipe-specified chocolate without instructions that call for that substitution.
Tesco’s standard custard creams contain wheat and milk ingredients, while Sainsbury’s labels its separate Free From Custard Creams product milk and gluten free. That biscuit label says nothing about the rest of a cake.
Read the current pack and check the chocolate, frosting and other decorations separately when dietary restrictions matter.
Decorations become part of the served cake. The Joybuy listing for LINDOR Milk Chocolate Truffles lists barley, milk and soya and warns that the product may contain hazelnuts and other nuts.
Check the exact truffle pack before using it, particularly when the cake will be shared.
Tesco Custard Cream Biscuits are 400 g vanilla-filled sandwich biscuits for a conventional custard-cream element.
Crawford's Custard Creams are 300 g sandwich biscuits with vanilla-flavour cream filling.
Sainsbury's lists conventional custard creams and a separate Free From Custard Creams product.
M&S Extra Cream Custard Creams use custard powder and a vanilla-cream filling.
These options cover a custard-cream biscuit, dark chocolate to consider where a recipe calls for it, and boxed chocolates for a finished-cake decoration. Choose by the role needed in your cake plan.
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A custard-cream biscuit option when the cake plan calls for a gluten-free biscuit element. Check the current pack for all dietary requirements and check the other cake ingredients separately; these biscuits do not replace recipe-specified chocolate.
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A cooking-chocolate option to compare with a recipe that specifies 70% cocoa dark chocolate for the cake or frosting. Check the recipe’s required quantity and the current ingredient label; this is not a boxed truffle decoration.
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A 70% dark chocolate bar to consider when that cocoa percentage matches the recipe. Check the required quantity, preparation instructions and current allergen label before using it in a cake or frosting.
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Consider these LINDOR chocolates for a finished-cake decoration rather than as an automatic replacement for the chocolate specified in the bake. The product name states 70% cocoa; check the current pack for its contents and allergens.
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A boxed-truffle option if the chocolates are intended for the finished cake or to accompany it as a gift. Its named malt-centre variant is distinct from a plain baking-chocolate bar; check the current pack before serving.
Not as an automatic substitution. Lindt’s chocolate cake recipe specifies 70% dark chocolate for the cake and frosting, then uses LINDOR truffles to decorate the finished cake. Follow your recipe’s ingredient instructions unless it specifically calls for a different use.
Do not assume so: Tesco and M&S list wheat and milk ingredients in the standard products described here. Sainsbury's separately labels its Free From Custard Creams milk and gluten free, but the other cake ingredients and decorations need their own checks.
Yes, because the decoration is part of the served cake. The Joybuy listing for LINDOR Milk Chocolate Truffles identifies barley, milk and soya and warns of possible hazelnuts and other nuts; read the exact product’s current label.
Follow the current pack instructions. The custard-cream listings describe cool, dry storage, while the Joybuy listing for LINDOR Milk Chocolate Truffles says to store them in a dry place away from heat.