Irish Chocolate Biscuit Cake

Name: Irish Chocolate Biscuit Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Irish,Russian,Ukrainian
Ingredients: Chocolate black 70%: 250 g; Butter: 250 g; Golden syrup: 150 g; Digestive biscuits: 100 g; Shortbread: 100 g; Macadamia: 100 g; Candied fruit: 50 g; Salt: pinch

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25 min
Serves 6
Easy

Ingredients

250 g Chocolate black 70%
70%, or milk chocolate if you don't like dark one
250 g Butter
150 g Golden syrup
100 g Digestive biscuits
semi-sweet biscuit from whole-wheat flour
100 g Shortbread
100 g Macadamia
or other nuts
50 g Candied fruit
pinch Salt

Directions

This is another recipe I brought from my trip to Ireland, where this cake is served in cafes, sold at shops and made at home as it’s so simple and no-bake. It’s not that new for us though. Irish chocolate biscuit cake resembles our ‘chocolate sausage’. Similar desserts are popular in different countries, like Romania, where it’s called ‘chocolate salami’.

So, what’s so interesting about the Irish version?

Firstly, it uses golden syrup instead of condensed milk making the cake denser and more chocolate. It also adds some caramel note to it. If using dark chocolate, the taste will be super chocolate, just perfect for dark chocolate lovers.

Secondly, half of the biscuits it uses shortbread biscuits, the other half is digestive biscuits that contain whole-wheat flour. The biscuits are broken quite coarsely making the cake somewhat crispy. Irish cake with orange shortbread biscuits is also super delicious.

Thirdly, the cake is made in a loaf pan, so you don’t need to form a cylinder.

Various nuts, dried fruit, and other ingredients like zephyr and crispy chocolate balls like Maltesers etc. are often added.

In this recipe, I used macadamia nuts, dried cherries, and Maltesers.

P.S. Please use gluten-free cookies for gluten-free version of the recipe.

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Steps

1 Done	Break the biscuits into small pieces, coarsely chop the nuts.
2 Done	In a heavy-bottom saucepan melt the chocolate, butter, and golden syrup. Let chill.
3 Done	In a bowl, combine the nuts, dried fruit, and biscuits. Add the chocolate and salt. Mix well so the ingredients are completely covered in chocolate.
4 Done	Pour into the loaf pan lined with plastic wrap. Press the mixture down with to prevent any “air locks”. Smooth out the top and cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate overnight.
5 Done	Done! Keep in the fridge or freeze for later. Cut right before serving.