My favorite Chocolate Fridge Cake

This recipe is quick and easy, and best of all, requires no baking. Wonderful for kiddies parties or if you need a quick chocolate fix. Delicious on their own, but even better served with cream or ice-cream, this is sure to become your new favorite sweet treat! Due to its popularity, this is also one of the recipes that you can enjoy at my shop, Carina’s Kitchen, every Saturday at the Sedgefield market. Looking forward to seeing you there! 🙂

Ingredients

• 500g butter or margarine
• 2 1/2 cups light brown sugar
• 500g Marie biscuits
• 200g salted, roasted peanuts
• 4 large eggs
• 8 Tbsp cocoa powder

Method

• Lightly beat eggs in a small bowl, then set aside.
• Break Marie biscuits by hand into bite-sized pieces into a large bowl.
• Put peanuts into a food processor to break them into slightly smaller pieces (do not make them too fine).
• Add to the biscuits and stir through.
• Measure cocoa powder into a small bowl. Have a handheld mixer ready.
• In a large, heavy-based saucepan, melt butter or margarine at med/high heat. Do not allow the butter/margarine to burn!
• When completely melted, add the sugar.
• Stir to combine and dissolve the sugar. Bring to the boil stirring occasionally (it will become foamy).
• Boil until the mixture turns a shade darker (about 5-8 minutes). Make sure all the other ingredients are ready, as quick work is necessary once the butter mixture is removed from the heat.
• Remove the butter mixture from the heat.
• Immediately start beating with a handheld mixer and add the eggs. Do not stop mixing when adding the egg (or it will turn into a big omelette!).
• Next, add the cocoa powder, all the while beating the mixture.
• As soon as the cocoa powder is incorporated, remove the mixer and gently fold in the biscuits and nuts. Make sure everything is covered in the chocolate mixture.
• Pour into a lined baking tray. Cool completely before cutting into blocks of any size you desire.

That’s it! Let me know what you think and hope to see your comments and feedback in the comments below! 🙂