Chocolate Biscuit Cake Recipe for Novelty Cake

monaghanmissus

Hi guys,

Hoping to make a novelty cake using chocolate biscuit cake. The recipe I use is a little too dry. I'm looking for a recipe that has a relatively wet mixture so the cake will keep the shape of the tin, if that makes sense?

Thanks in advance!

Dizzyblonde

We had a thread on the subject of chocolate biscuit cakes in Cakes & Bakes and I've been searching for it, but it seems to have gotten lost in the forum reshuffle.

I remember that a lot of people recommended this Odlums recipe, and it gives measurements for different sizes and square or round tins because it can be used as a wedding cake:

http://odlums.ie/recipes/chocolate-biscuittiffin-cake/

monaghanmissus

Thanks Dizzyblonde, I'll give it a go!

phormium

You can use your normal recipe but just don't put in as many biscuits, only add enough until it is a nice stew like wet mix and not dry. You might need to make at least one and a half times the amount of choc liquidy mix to the amount of biscuits you normally use. This will give you the sort of mix that will make a nice solid chocolate biscuit and not with gaps and spaces.

FWIW I think the odlums one has too many biscuits to liquid as well, it's a nice thin choc mix so easy to mix in the biscuits but use less biscuits. It also has an awful lot of butter so the cake softens quickly at room temp, fine if the weather is cold but it can get very soft for cutting.

monaghanmissus

Thanks guys! Delighted with how it turned out - was quite a moist mixture so really took the shape of the tin. Would you recommend coating it in a layer of buttercream before covering with fondant?

phormium

I wouldn't use buttercream. Too late now but the ideal things for patching or smoothing it before covering is some of the liquid chocolate mix that has cooled and set, otherwise you could make a ganache from cream and choc for it.

rubadub

I wouldn't use butter cream, I would not expect it on a chocolate biscuit cake. I would not add in marshmallows or dried fruits either. I actually do like the dried fruits myself but know many do not, so if it was made for many people to eat I would leave it out.