NO-BAKE CHOCOLATE FUDGE CAKE
Makes: 1 loaf cake
Cake:
100g butter
45ml (3 tbsp) golden syrup
200g sweet plain biscuits, lightly crushed
50g raisins
50g glacé cherries, quartered
150g dark chocolate, chopped
50g white chocolate, chopped
Fudge icing:
50g dark chocolate
30g butter
150g icing sugar, sifted
Method:
- Grease or spray a small loaf pan and line with baking paper.
- For the cake, melt the butter and syrup in a saucepan and stir in the biscuit pieces, raisins and cherries.
- Add the dark chocolate and stir over a low heat until melted.
- Remove from heat and stir in the white chocolate.
- Press mixture firmly into the prepared tin and chill until set.
- Turn out onto a serving plate and remove the paper.
- For the icing, melt the chocolate and butter with 30ml (2 tbsp) water over a low heat. Do not boil. Remove from heat and stir in the icing sugar, beating until cool and thick.
- Spread the icing all over the cake with a knife, swirling to give it texture. Leave to harden before cutting into thin slices.