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Chocolate Biscuit Cake
Posted on July 29, 2011
One of the easiest recipe for one of the most tempting chocolate desserts. In our family we do this dessert very often for Sunday or holiday tables. Something similar as taste was served at the William and Kate Royal Wedding this year. The original recipe is made only with biscuits so if you preffer like that omit the walnuts, almonds and dried fruits and use a little less water to the chocolate syrup.
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Prep time
30 mins
Cook time
10 mins
Total time
40 mins
Ingredients
- Makes about 3-4 pieces of cake - 12X3 inches
- 2 pounds (1 kg) plain biscuits (petite beurre, animal crackers, etc)
- 2 cups almonds, toasted or notÃ??Ã?ÃÂ
- 2 cups walnuts, toasted or not
- 2 cups dried cranberries (or raisins)
- 25 tbsp sugar
- 150 g unsweetened cocoa powder - good quality
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 1/2 cups water
- 350 g butter
Directions
- Break the biscuits into small pieces into a large bowl. Cut the almonds and walnuts into small pieces and add to crashed biscuits. Add the cranberries too and mix all together.
- Prepare the chocolate syrup. In a sauce pan add sugar, water, butter and cocoa powder, stir and bring to boil for about 2 minutes stirring constantly. Add vanilla extract and stir.
- Pour the hot syrup over the biscuits mix and combine well using a large spatula. Line 3-4 bread pans (I used 12 X 3 inch pans) with plastic wrap leaving enough of extra plastic wrap at the edges to turn the cake out later. Pour the chocolate mixture into the pans and press well with the back of the tablespoon. Let cool at room temperature then refrigerate for a couple of hours.
- Before serving turn the cake out and cut into slices. It is delicious!!
Nutrition facts
1 Cake - Calories:2615, Fat:177.8 g, Saturated Fat:58.1 g, Unsaturated Fat:0.0 g, Carbohydrates:242.8 g, Sugar:92.7 g, Fiber:27.9 g, Protein:48.9 g, Cholesterol:191 mg, Calories from Fat 1600, Sodium 3151 mg, Vitamin A 45%, Calcium 37%, Vitamin C 12%, Iron 96%, Nutrition Grade D+, Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
On July 29, 2011 at 03:04 pm, Erin @ Dinners, Dishes and Desserts said...
Yum! What a great cake!
On July 29, 2011 at 06:11 pm, Vicki @ WITK said...
I've never seen anything like this, it's so neat. Like a no bake cake! :) Perfect when you need a fast meal!
On July 29, 2011 at 06:27 pm, flyer printing said...
Awesome dessert! Bet it has a great texture with that almonds and walnut together, those were really my favorite! I would definitely try this one for weekend, ohh.. I'm so excited! Lucky to see this post.
On July 29, 2011 at 07:14 pm, Sandra said...
How simple is this, thank you. I was looking for a no bake recipe.
On July 30, 2011 at 12:07 pm, Viviane Bauquet Farre said...
Ah! Paired with some coffee, I can't even imagine how good this tastes! I love the density of nuts - I'll bet this is very filling.
On July 31, 2011 at 12:30 am, Christine said...
Oh wow! This looks wonderful!
On July 31, 2011 at 09:16 am, mike@TheCulinaryLens said...
I have seen this before but you have got me thinking. I bought some cute disposable loaf pans because they were on sale. They are they kind that a perfect for making mini loafs to give as gifts. I had no idea what to do with them and you may have just inspired me. Thank You
On August 01, 2011 at 12:40 pm, The Chocolate Priestess said...
These look like bars I'd find in a grocery store but they ingredients are much healthier. Thanks for the idea.
On November 16, 2011 at 12:35 pm, said...
It's amazing how similar a lot of these recipes are to Romanian recipes. My mother makes this dessert almost every sunday. Whenever we have time we like to crank out a lot of these at once and then just freeze them. That way we have them available whenever we have a craving for them. Plus, they also taste delicious cold, not frozen, but a bit thawed out. We like to make this with golden raisins instead of the walnut and dried fruit combination. Definitely something everyone should try!!
Re:
That because they are inspired from Romanian Cuisine. I've never thought to freeze them, this is a good idea.
On December 24, 2011 at 01:22 pm, said...
For some reason the amounts sound a little off. 2 lbs of cookies? 150 g unsweetened cocoa powder? That's more than half a can. Has anyone actually made this to know if it's good? I'm scared to make it. Looks delicious though. =)
Re:
Yes.. I used 2 lbs of cookies but you make about 3,4 cakes, not just one, of course depending on the size of the pans you have. I used 150 g cocoa because I wanted to have a dark cake but you are free to use as much cocoa as you like, it will still work. Hope you will try this, it's really good and easy to make. We do this recipe very often in our family and everybody loves it. Happy Holidays:)
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