Clodagh's No-Bake Chocolate Biscuit Cake 🍪

Monday 25 July at 12:40pm

Clodagh’s back in the kitchen with a real crowd pleaser - her no-bake chocolate biscuit cake, filled with a mixture of chocolate, biscuits, fruit and nuts is so easy it’s perfect for little hands to help with. This no-fuss cake is not only delicious, but better still you won’t even need to switch the oven on!

Clodagh’s No Bake Chocolate Cake

Serves 12

Ingredients

375g rich tea biscuits

270g dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids)

150g butter

225g maple syrup

125g raisins or sultanas

120g pecans, chopped

For the chocolate ganache:

125g dark chocolate, 53% minimum cocoa solids, chopped

125g whipping cream

Method

1. Line a 20cm cake tin with cling film.

2. Melt the butter, maple syrup and chocolate in a glass bowl suspended over a saucepan of simmering water and stir until smooth and all the ingredients have melted together.

3. Chop or break up the biscuits into small pieces and then add them to the chocolate mixture, followed by the chopped pecans and raisins. Stir well, making sure that all the ingredients are completely coated with the chocolate mixture. Then spoon the biscuit cake mixture into the prepared cake tin and use the back of a spoon to spread it out evenly. Then use a potato masher to press the mixture down evenly.

4. Next is the chocolate ganache. Put the broken chocolate into a bowl. Pour the whipping cream into a pan and bring it to a simmer. Pour the warm cream over the chocolate and mix well, stirring all the time until the chocolate has melted and you have a glossy and shiny ganache. Pour the chocolate ganache over the biscuit cake.

5. Place the chocolate biscuit cake in a fridge to cool and set for 2 hours.