Chocolate Biscuit Cake

For quite some time I wanted to make a cake that was not made of the usual flour. I happened to stumble upon this concept of biscuit cake while reading an article on the web. I immediately check a few sites to see what the hype as about this Biscuit cake and I discovered that it was something unusual and very easy to make. So here is the way I made it.

Serves 6-7 people

Ingredients:

3 packets - Digestive biscuits (I used 120 gms per packet)

1/4 cup - Cocoa powder

1/2 cup – Refined Sugar

75 gm - Butter

1/2 cup – Walnuts, broken into small pieces

1/4 cup – Almonds, grind into fine powder

1/2 tsp - Vanilla extract

200 gm - Whipping Cream

100 gm - Dark Chocolate

Method:

Break the biscuits into small pieces into a large bowl.

Heat a non-stick pan over medium high heat and toast the broken walnuts for about 5 minutes, stirring frequently to toast evenly. Add this to the broken biscuits.

Now let’s prepare the chocolate syrup. In a medium sauce pan add sugar and cocoa powder. Stir to combine and gradually add half of the whipping cream while stirring to combine well. Add the butter to this mixture and place over medium heat.

Bring to boil for about 7-8 minutes stirring constantly.

Remove from heat and add vanilla extract. Set aside to cool slightly for about 10-15 minutes.

Pour the syrup over the biscuits and nuts and combine well using a large spatula or spoon.

Grease a no-stick round cakeware with butter. Transfer the mixture into this non-stick round cake ware.

Press well using the back of the spoon or an offset spatula.

Cover and refrigerate for about 30 minutes to 1 hr before preparing the chocolate ganache.

Now let’s prepare Chocolate Ganache. Chop the dark chocolate into small pieces.

Place the remaining 100 gms of whipping cream onto this chocolate and microwave for about 1 minute.

Let sit for 30 secs. Now slowly stir until the chocolate melts and combines with the cream.

Pour ganache over the chocolate biscuit cake and refrigerate to set for about 3-4 hours or overnight before serving.

Decorate with powdered almonds, cut into slices and serve.

NOTE: You can serve this with plain vanilla ice cream.