Chocolate Fridge Cake

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 250 g digestive biscuits or 250 g graham crackers
• 100 g pecan nuts, shelled
• 100 g sliced almonds
• 100 g glace cherries, chopped
• 150 g butter
• 1 tablespoon molasses
• 200 g good quality chocolate (about 70 percent cocoa solids)
• cocoa powder, for dusting (optional)

Recipe

• 1 break the biscuits into small pieces and put in a large bowl.
• 2 add in both kinds of nuts and the cherries and stir to mix.
• 3 put the rest of the ingredients in a small saucepan and simmer over the lowest possible heat until the chocolate and butter are melted.
• 4 you may have to give it a stir or two to combine the ingredients.
• 5 pour the melted chocolate mixture into the bowl with the biscuits and use a spoon to mix everything until the chocolate is evenly distributed across the rest of the ingredients.
• 6 line a loaf pan with saran wrap, leaving lots of extra at the edges to cover the top of the finished cake.
• 7 spoon the mixture into the loaf pan.
• 8 you may have to use the back of the spoon to pack it down.
• 9 pull the extra saran wrap over the top and use your hands to push down firmly on the cake, making sure it is well packed together.
• 10 place in the fridge for two hours to cool, then take out and slice.
• 11 for a special touch, dust with cocoa powder.