Chocolate Parcel Cake

Name: Chocolate Parcel Cake
Ingredients: 3/4 cup butter or margarine; 3/4 cup granulated sugar; 3 eggs; 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour sifted; 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder; 1/2 cup 2% milk; 7 ounces chocolate bars mixed, 5 oz roughly chopped, remainder sliced; 10 1/2 ounces marzipan; 2 teaspoons cocoa powder; 2 tablespoons apricot jam; 4 red licorice laces thin

11 ingredients

3 steps

Ingredients

3/4 cup butter or margarine
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3 eggs
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour sifted
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup 2% milk
7 ounces chocolate bars mixed, 5 oz roughly chopped, remainder sliced
10 1/2 ounces marzipan
2 teaspoons cocoa powder
2 tablespoons apricot jam
4 red licorice laces thin

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour a 10x4 inch loaf pan.
2

Cream butter, sugar and a pinch of salt until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, until smooth. Fold in flour and baking powder alternately with milk. Fold in chopped chocolate bars. Transfer to loaf pan, smooth surface and bake for 50-60 mins. Let cool for 10 mins then remove from pan to cool completely.
3

Meanwhile, sprinkle marzipan with cocoa powder. Roll out thinly into a 20x12 inch rectangle. Bring jam with 1 tbsp water to a boil. Place cake on a serving plate and coat with jam. Enclose cake in marzipan. Press edges together and shape into a parcel. Trim excess. Arrange licorice laces to suggest an opened parcel. Decorate with sliced candy bars and dust with cocoa powder.