{"id":2957,"date":"2017-03-31T10:29:25","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T09:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=2957"},"modified":"2017-04-18T23:57:52","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T22:57:52","slug":"special-chocolate-easter-cake-no-cooking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=2957","title":{"rendered":"Special Chocolate Easter Cake [no cooking]"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tSpecial Chocolate Easter Cake [no cooking]<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t100g butter, plus a little extra fo greasing<\/span><\/span><\/span>\"\"\n<\/p>\n

\n\t150g bar of dark chocolate with nuts, broken into pieces<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t2 tbsp golden syrup<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t50g hazelnuts, halved<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t5g pine nuts<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t175g soft almond amaretti biscuits, broken into chunky pieces<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t100g dried soft figs, chopped<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t300g Belgian chocolate sauce [M & S] 2 tbsp Amaretto or Disaronno Liqueur Mini chocolate eggs and cocoa powder to decorate<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tS<\/span><\/span>oak the figs in the Liqueur and set aside for about 30mins. Dry roast the nuts in a small pan until toasty brown, set aside. Butter and line the base and sides of a loaf tin [ 19 x 9.5 x 5cm ] with baking paper or cling film. In a basin set over a pan of simmering water, melt the butter, chocolate and syrup. Stir to combine and set aside. Combine the melted chocolate mix, nuts, biscuits and figs together, and spoon into the tin, packing down firmly at the base, smoothing the top. place in the fridge to set for about 2 – 3 hours. Turn out onto a flat cake plate or board. Drizzle over the chocolate sauce so it trickles down the sides. Decorate with the chocolate eggs and a sifting of cocoa powder. Use any left over choc sauce with a slice of the cake<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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  Special Chocolate Easter Cake [no cooking] 100g butter, plus a little extra fo greasing 150g bar of dark chocolate with nuts, broken into pieces 2 tbsp golden syrup 50g hazelnuts, halved 5g pine nuts 175g soft almond amaretti biscuits, broken into chunky pieces 100g dried soft figs, chopped 300g Belgian chocolate sauce [M & S] 2 tbsp Amaretto or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[129],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6cWjO-LH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4441,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=4441","url_meta":{"origin":2957,"position":0},"title":"Easter Chocolate Fudge Cake and Spanish Orange and Almond Cake","author":"Alan Williams","date":"27th March 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 Easter Chocolate Fudge Cake 150g unsalted butter, softened 150g light muscovado sugar 40g cocoa powder 150g self-raising flour 1 tsp baking powder 1\/2 tsp bi-carb of soda 2 large eggs 1 tsp vanilla extract 142ml soured cream 2 tbsp. golden syrup For the ganache; 250ml double cream 250g dark\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Mr Greedy's Kitchen"","block_context":{"text":"Mr Greedy's Kitchen","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?cat=129"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":15380,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=15380","url_meta":{"origin":2957,"position":1},"title":"Lamb Pasta Melt & Mini Egg Cheesecake","author":"Alan Williams","date":"9th April 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Celebrate Easter with lamb in a different but very easy way\u2026\u2026. 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