Chocolate Fridge Cake

7 ingredients
7 steps

Ingredients

  • 7 ounces digestive biscuits
  • 4 ounces whole pecan nuts, roughly chopped
  • 4 ounces pistachio nuts, peeled
  • 10 glace cherries (or dried sour cherries)
  • 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 1 tablespoon golden syrup or light corn syrup
  • 8 ounces good-quality dark (bittersweet or semisweet) chocolate (70% cocoa solids), broken into pieces

Directions

  1. 1
    Break the biscuits into small pieces directly into a large bowl.
  2. 2
    Add the pecans, pistachio nuts and cherries, and mix together.
  3. 3
    Put the rest of the ingredients into a separate bowl and place over a pan of simmering water until the butter and chocolate have melted.
  4. 4
    Combine the biscuit mix with the chocolate mixture.
  5. 5
    Line an 8 x 12 inch plastic container with plastic wrap, leaving plenty of extra plastic wrap at the edges to help turn the cake out later.
  6. 6
    Pour in the mixture, pressing down hard to pack nicely, then fold the plastic wrap over the top.
  7. 7
    Leave in the fridge for a few hours to firm up, then turn out and cut into chunky slices.

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