Chocolate fridge cake
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- 0 Margarine
- 24 digestive biscuits
- 100g walnuts
- 100g pistachios
- 100g almonds
- 150g prunes
- 250g plain chocolate
- 250g unsalted butter
- 2 eggs
Step 1
“Bake it in the fridge overnight”.
Step 2
Line a tin measuring 20 x30cm by 2cm deep with baking parchment.
Step 3
Coarsely chop the digestive biscuits, walnuts, pistachios and almonds.
Step 4
Then stone and coarsely chop the prunes.
Step 5
Put the chocolate in a bowl and sit this above a pan of slowly simmering water.
Step 6
Meanwhile, cut the butter into small pieces and let it soften to room temperature.
Step 7
Crack the eggs in to a small bowl and beat with a fork.
Step 8
When the chocolate has melted, add the butter, a little at a time, and stir gently until smooth.
Step 9
Add the beaten egg and again, stir until smooth.
Step 10
Add the biscuits, nuts and prunes, then mix well.
Step 11
Decant the mixture into the tin and spread evenly.
Step 12
Cover with a sheet of baking parchment, wrap in clingfilm.
Step 13
and refrigerate overnight.