This Chocolate Biscuit Cake with Cranberries and Nuts is one of the easiest no-bake recipes for one of the most tempting chocolate desserts. In our family, we do this chocolate biscuit cake very often for Sundays or holiday tables.
A similar dessert was served at the William and Kate Royal Wedding this year. The original recipe is made only with plain biscuits, so if you would prefer that, omit the walnuts, almonds, and dried fruits and use a little less water to the chocolate syrup.
How to make chocolate biscuit cake with cranberries and nuts
To create a delightful Chocolate Biscuit Cake, begin by breaking the digestive biscuits into small pieces and placing them in a large bowl. Chop the almonds and walnuts into small pieces and add them to the crushed biscuits. Include the dried cranberries in the mix, and combine all the dry ingredients thoroughly.
Next, prepare the chocolate syrup by combining sugar, water, butter, and cocoa powder in a saucepan. Stir the mixture constantly over medium heat until it comes to a boil. Allow it to boil for about two minutes, continuing to stir to ensure a smooth consistency. Remove the saucepan from the heat and add vanilla extract, mixing it well into the syrup.
Pour the hot chocolate syrup over the biscuit mixture into the bowl. Use a large spatula to mix everything, ensuring that the biscuits, nuts, and cranberries are evenly coated with the syrup.
How to shape the biscuit cakes
Line 3-4 bread pans with plastic wrap, leaving enough extra wrap at the edges to help with turning out the cake later. Pour the chocolate mixture into the prepared pans, pressing it down firmly with the back of a tablespoon to ensure it is well compacted.
Allow the cake to cool at room temperature before transferring it to the refrigerator. Refrigerate the cake for a couple of hours to set. When ready to serve, turn the cake out of the pans using the plastic wrap to assist. Slice the cake into pieces and enjoy the rich, chocolatey treat. This Chocolate Biscuit Cake is a simple yet delicious dessert perfect for any occasion.
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Chocolate Biscuit Cake
Ingredients
- 2 pounds (1kg) plain biscuits (like petite beurre, animal crackers)
- 2 cups (200g) almonds , toasted or not
- 2 cups (200g) walnuts , toasted or not
- 2 cups (300g) dried cranberries (or raisins)
- 2 cups (400g) sugar
- 1 ¼ cup (150g) unsweetened cocoa powder - good quality
- 1 tsp (5g) vanilla extract
- 3 ½ cups (840ml) water
- 1 ½ cup (330g) butter
Instructions
- 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!!
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Yum! What a great cake!
I’ve never seen anything like this, it’s so neat. Like a no bake cake! 🙂 Perfect when you need a fast meal!
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.
How simple is this, thank you. I was looking for a no bake recipe.
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.
Oh wow! This looks wonderful!
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
These look like bars I’d find in a grocery store but they ingredients are much healthier. Thanks for the idea.
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!!
That because they are inspired from Romanian Cuisine. I’ve never thought to freeze them, this is a good idea.
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. =)
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:)
I have a bunch of Danish Butter cookies leftover from Christmas that are still good. Can I use those?
They could work too, though I usually use some harder biscuits that won't get crashed completely after adding the hot chocolate sauce over them. If they are hard, give them a try, will be perfect.
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