Muddy fingers fridge cake
A chocolatey, fruity treat that's so easy, the kids can help to make it
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Prep time: 20 mins
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Cooking time: 5 mins
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Total time: 25 mins
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Makes: 12
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Skill level: Easy peasy
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Costs: Mid-price
Ingredients
Use your favourite semi-sweet biscuits and any other dried fruit or nuts that you have to hand. These fingers are quite rich, so you could cut the whole cake into 16 small squares.
- 100g (3½oz) unsalted butter
- 2 level tbsp cocoa powder
- 2 tbsp golden syrup
- 2 x 150g packs Maryland cookies
- 100g (3½oz) dried fruit and nuts (eg, 6 chopped ready-to-eat apricots, 6 glacé cherries and 2 tbsp toasted pine nuts)
- 100g bar milk or plain chocolate
- 18cm (7in) square shallow cake tin, lined or buttered
Method
- Melt the butter in a pan, add the cocoa and golden syrup. When melted, bring to the boil for 1 min to cook the cocoa.
- Take the pan off the heat. Put the cookies in a poly bag and bash them with a rolling pin to crush them. Don't be too energetic or the bag will split and crumbs fly everywhere! Snip the apricots and cherries into smaller pieces, using scissors with care. Stir the crumbs and fruit into the chocolatey sauce.
- Press mixture into the cake tin with a spoon and smooth the top.
- Melt the chocolate in a basin over a pan of hot water or in a microwave. Stir until smooth. Pour over the biscuit mixture in the tin and mark into swirls with a palette knife or a fork.
- Chill for an hour or more in the fridge until set firmly and cut in squares or bars. The fingers will keep in the fridge for up to 5 days.
By: Kate Moseley. Photos: Chris Alack. Props stylist: Sue Radcliffe.
Nutritional information per portion
- Calories 275(kcal)
- Fat 18.0g
This nutritional information is only a guide and is based on 2,000 calories per day. For more information on eating a healthy diet, please visit the Food Standards Agency website.
Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.
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Tunde, posted 2 months ago
I decided to make a batch to raise money for my BHF charity ride at the end of the month. They were really popular and I've been asked to make another batch.
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courtney, posted 8 months ago
these are great for people like me (aged 10 - 12) as kids will love the chocolate and fruit!!!!! 10/10 for me!
