Fudge Cake

Although this isn't technically a 'cake', it's a recipe that Tim (my husband) grew up with & loves. It's his birthday on Wednesday and he has requested the Dann 'fudge cake', instead of an actual birthday cake. (Which is fine by me because it is YUM!)

 Here's a picture story of how you make this family recipe. First of all bash up a lot of digestive biscuits.

Boil up condensed milk, sugar, butter & golden syrup into a caramel.

Pour the caramel into the biscuits and stir. Transfer into a tray.

Melt some milk chocolate and smoother over the top

Leave to set in the fridge. Then cut into squares. 

It really does taste and look like fudge (hence the name). The texture is caramely and crumbly yuminess!

Challenge #6 Bling Bling Millionaires Shortbread

This is number 6 in the Mary Berry Challenge (I'm going through Mary Berry's Baking Bible....... just for fun!). But I decided to bling it up a bit.

  I saw someone else do something similar using gold and I had some silver edible paint and so thought I'd go for it.

I really like the splattered effect - it makes it look that bit more professional and special. The recipe is super unhealthy using a whole 2 tins of condensed milk for the caramel. 

 I used 70% dark chocolate for the topping which made the silver stand out really well. You can use milk chocolate if you prefer but don't use dairy milk as the American's have made it un-meltable! and it separates it into a sticky mess. Which is really sad. 

Definitely a recipe I'll be making again - really tasty and looks great.