For chocolate lovers.......

I need chocolate!  Don't we all need an little something sweet to make you feel good, here's some favourite no cook recipes and don't forget to share the chocolates!
Did you know it won't be long til Christmas... I seen cards and calenders in the shops and today I've taken bookings for Xmas and  a New Year Cottage stay, fancy a wintertime stay? 
Its such a wonderful time to come to Dorset, see the sea, breathe the freah air and be part of everything festive, always so much going on.

                                      CHOCOLATE MUNCH CAKE

For chocolate lovers everywhere!  No cooking and quick and easy.  Make double quantity, use all the digestive biscuits and then freeze half ready for surprise visitors.  Cut into small peices and serve with fresh raspberries and cream, or just as a treat with your after dinner coffee.

3 tblsp                         double cream

6oz/ 170g                     plain chocolate
6oz/ 170g                     butter
1                                   egg, beaten
6oz /170g                     digestive biscuits, broken into pieces
2oz/ 55g                      each of raisins, halved cherries and chopped dates
3oz/ 85g                      sliced almonds. Toasted, cook, top shelf of hot oven/under grill but don’t burn!

Melt chocolate, butter and cream slowly over a bowl of hot water, cool slightly.

Stir in the beaten egg and then the crushed biscuits, fruit and toasted nuts.

Turn into a greased or lined 9” flan tin and chill for 2 hours.  Can be frozen. 

 

 

                                     CHOCOLATE Malteser Cake

This one is for the kids,  from daughter Kate who uses this recipe lots.  Great for parties as it cuts up into bite-size pieces, -loved by young and old and is always a sell-out on the cake stall.  Buy an extra packet of maltesers just in case they don't make it to the cake!

3oz/85g butter

2 tbsp golden syrup
2 tbsp cocoa powder
6oz/170g digestive biscuits, crushed
1 x 175g bag of maltesers – half crushed and half left whole

Melt butter and golden syrup in a pan.
Stir in cocoa powder, digestive biscuits and crushed maltesers.
Allow to cool slightly, then stir through the whole maltesers.
Line 1lb loaf tin with cling film.
Fill and press down well.
Chill for at least 2 hours, slice and serve.

                                Christmas Rocky Crunchy bars

I'm thinking ahead.....but now is the time to start.  Practise with this Nigella recipe for Rocky bars. Beautifully wrapped, it's a excellent present to take when visiting friends and family during the festive period, a home-made gift is always well received.

Use a foil tray or line a baking tray approx 236mm x 296mm. Makes about 24.
9oz/ 250g        dark chocolate
5oz/ 150g         milk chocolate
6oz/ 175g         soft butter
4 tblsp             golden syrup
7oz/ 200g        amaretti biscuits
5oz/ 150g         brazil nuts, shelled
5oz/ 150g         cherries
4oz/110g          mini marshmallows
 
Chop both chocolates into a heavy-based saucepan with syrup and butter, and melt over a gentle heat.
Put biscuits into a freezer bag, and bash them with a rolling pin and then you’ll have varying sized bits!
Do the same with the brazil nuts.
Take pan off the heat, add crushed biscuits, nuts, cherries and marshmallows and carefully combine the ingredients coating them with the chocolate mixture. OoooAhhh, loverlee!
Spatula into tray and smooth roughly, put in fridge for 1-2 hours. Cut into squares and dust with icing sugar or edible glitter, optional.