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Odlums chocolate biscuit cake recipe #homebaking


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Who doesn’t love chocolate biscuit cake? This recipe is perfect to make a few days before Christmas Day to give you more time to enjoy the festivities.✨

You will need:
275g/10 oz Butter
150ml/¼pt Golden Syrup
225g/8oz Chocolate (good quality, at least 60% cocoa)
½ x 400g packet of Digestive Biscuits, roughly crushed
½ x 400g packet of Rich Tea Biscuits, roughly crushed
1 packet of Maltesers
125g/4oz Shamrock Walnuts, Brazil Nuts and/or Almonds (optional)
Add the biscuits, Maltesers and fruit and nuts, if used. Stir well.

Method:
✔️Line a 15cms/6″ round cake tin or a 2lb loaf tin with a double layer of greaseproof paper.
✔️Melt the butter, syrup and chocolate in a pan over a low heat. Stir to make sure all the ingredients are well mixed together.
✔️Add the biscuits, Maltesers, fruit and nuts, if used. Stir well.
✔️Transfer to the prepared tin. Level it on top and press down well to avoid air gaps. ✔️Allow to cool and harden. Wrap completely in greaseproof paper and store in a fridge.

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Ingredients

Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 25 minutes
Makes: 6

  • 4 Granny Smith apples – peeled, cored and cubed
  • 30g tablespoons butter
  • 200g brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 tablespoon cornflour
  • 1 tablespoon water
  • 2 sheets of puff pastry
  • 100g icing sugar
  • juice of ½ lemon

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 220C, 200C fan, gas 7
  2. Melt the butter in a frying pan on a medium heat.
  3. Add the apples, cinnamon and sugar.
  4. Cook for 4-5 minutes until the apples soften and the sugar melts to a sticky liquid.
  5. Mix the cornflour and water together and add to the pan, this will thicken up the sauce.
  6. Cut the pastry into squares and spoon a little mixture into half.
  7. Fold over from corner to corner into a triangle shape, and press edges together to seal.
  8. Put the turnovers onto a baking sheet and bake for 25 minutes until they are puffed and lightly browned.
  9. Once cooled, you can decorate; mix the icing powder with the lemon juice until you have a toothpaste consistency and drizzle over each turnover.

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