RECIPE | Frozen peanut butter rocky road bars

Serves: 12

Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients:

Cake:

½ box (325g) chocolate cake mix

2 eggs

125ml (½ cup) cooking oil

125ml (½ cup) warm strong coffee

Topping:

250ml (1 cup) smooth peanut butter plus an extra 125ml (½ cup) warmed

1.5-litre (¾ tub) readymade vanilla ice cream

1 x 180g packet of chocolate-coated peanuts

5 chocolate biscuits, crushed

85g slab of dark chocolate, chopped

Method:

1. Prepare chocolate cake mix according to package instructions, remembering you halve the amount of ingredients called for - adding the eggs, cooking oil and coffee.

2. Pour the mix into a sprayed 30x23cm tray and bake at 180°C for 20-25 minutes. Cool.

3. Spread the first amount of peanut butter on top of the cake.

4. Soften the ice cream slightly and stir in peanuts, biscuits and chocolate pieces.

5. Spread ice cream over the top of the cooled cake.

6. Drizzle warmed peanut butter over the ice cream. Freeze overnight.

7. Slice into bars and serve.

• For more delicious recipes, catch Justine Drake on 'Just Cooking' on SABC 3 (DStv channel 193) on Tuesdays at 8.30pm.