Chocolate Biscuit Cake
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Makes 1 cake
INGREDIENTS:
175g/1 cup butter
2 tablespoons maple syrup
250g/9oz dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids)
280g/10oz rich tea biscuits or digestives
85g/⅔ cup raisins, candied orange, glaced cherries or sultana’s (or a mix of all of them)
85g/⅔ chopped roasted hazelnuts
METHOD:
1. Lightly butter a 23cm/9in square cake tin
2. Melt the butter, syrup and chocolate in a glass bowl suspended over a saucepan of simmering water and stir until smooth.
3. Crush the biscuits, but leave some slightly larger chunks and tip into the melted mixture with the raisins, and hazelnuts.
4. Once well combined, tip into the prepared tin, pressing down. When cool, chill in the fridge, then cut into squares.
