Chocolate fridge cake is the perfect recipe to get the kids in the kitchen and who better to devise a spot-on child-friendly recipe than Annabel Karmel!
With no need to cook, the kids can be involved in making this fridge cake from beginning to end. You can be a bit creative with the recipe and let them pack it full of their favourite little treats from broken biscuits to marshmallows and raisins – the fun part is mixing it altogether in a bowl of chocolatey delight.
Did you put your own twist on this chocolate fridge cake recipe? Let us know how in the comments section below.
Ingredients
- 250g digestive biscuits
- 150g plain chocolate
- 150g milk chocolate
- 100g unsalted butter
- 150g golden syrup
- 100g dried apricots, chopped
- 75g raisins
- 60g chopped pecans, (optional)
Recipes taken from My Favourite Recipes by Annabel Karmel (published by DK, £8.99)
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Step 1
Put the biscuits in a plastic bag and bash them into pieces with a rolling pin.
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Step 2
Melt both kinds of chocolate, the butter, and golden syrup in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water. Stir well.
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Step 3
Remove the bowl from the heat and stir in the broken biscuits, apricots, raisins, and pecans (optional).
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Step 4
Line a 20 cm (8 in) shallow, square-shaped tin with clingfilm. Spoon the mix into the tin and level it by pressing down with a potato masher.
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Step 5
Set the cake in the fridge for 1-2 hours. Then turn it out and peel off the Clingfilm. Cut into slices and serve.
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Step 6
And there you have your finished chocolate fridge cakes.
Recipes taken from My Favourite Recipes by Annabel Karmel (published by DK, £8.99