Unbaked Chocolate Biscuit Cake

Unbaked Chocolate Biscuit Cake

Here is a recipe for an unbaked chocolate biscuit cake, similar to the one being made for the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.

Ingredients

- 12 ounces of chocolate (eating chocolate not cooking chocolate - milk or dark according to taste)
- 4 ounces of butter or margarine
- One ordinary can of condensed milk
- One or two packets of crushed digestive biscuits (you can use ginger biscuits, chocolate covered digestive biscuits or rich tea biscuits if you prefer)

Method

Place 6 oz of chocolate, 4 oz of butter or margarine, and the contents of one can of condensed milk in a bowl on top of a saucepan 1/3rd full of water

Heat the water (not to boiling point) over a low heat

Stir the contents of the bowl

Melt the chocolate and blend the ingredients

Remove it from the heat

Stir in the biscuits

Line a cake tin with foil or clingfilm.

Tip the mixture into the tin and smooth it over

Chill in the fridge for 4 - 6 hours

When chilled and firm, turn the cake out onto a plate

Melt the remaining chocolate, and pour or spread it onto the top of the cake.

Note: the more finely crushed the biscuits, the more "solid" the unbaked chocolate cake.

Note: for an "adult" version of the unbaked chocolate cake, add a little vodka or rum to the mixture (according to taste).

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