Malteser Cake: No Bake and No Fuss

Posted by beesloveteas ⋅ October 13, 2011 ⋅ 10 Comments

Filed Under Baking, Biscuits, Butter, Chocolate, Digestives, Golden Syrup, Maltesers

This week is National Chocolate week, a pure celebration of one of the greatest things ever invented. So to participate in this week (besides eating chocolate with every meal), I decided to bake one of my favourite (and easiest) chocolate recipes which I got from my sister years ago: Malteser cake. This cake requires no baking and no fuss, just a few hours to chill in the fridge. I’ve found that it is perfect for those times when you have promised to make something and you do not have a lot of time. Also, the most important factor is that it is really REALLY yummy!

Ingredients:

85g butter
2 tbsp golden syrup
2 tbsp cocoa powder
170g digestives
175g Maltesers

Melt the butter and golden syrup in a small heavy base saucepan over a low heat until melted. Whilst melting, crush all the digestives and half of the Maltesers (leaving the other half whole).

Once the butter/golden syrup mixture is melted, stir in the cocoa powder, digestives and crushed Maltesers.

Leave the mixture to cool slightly and then stir in the whole Maltesers. Line a loaf tin with cling film and gently pour and push the mixture into the tin (being careful not to crush the whole Maltesers).

Leave to chill in the fridge for 2-3 hours until set. If you need it to set faster, then pop it in the freezer for 30 minutes instead. I would recommend small pieces (especially for kids) as it has a lot of sugar in it! It is fantastic with a cup of tea, curled up on the sofa watching a good movie (or as I found last night, the perfect midnight treat!) Enjoy

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Discussion

10 Responses to “Malteser Cake: No Bake and No Fuss”

Lovely So simple and yet so perfect. Want some now but am in the office today so Humphf!

Posted by Urvashi @ The Botanical Baker | October 13, 2011, 12:12

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Such a good idea – I never thought of putting malteasers into a tiffin/rocky road style thing!

Posted by kerrycooks | October 14, 2011, 21:28

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This looks SO good! I’ve just copied the recipe into my recipe book, it’s gotta be done! Think I should wait til I have people over though or there;s a serious risk I’ll eat the lot and die of chocolate overload!! X

Posted by Weekly Bake Off | October 26, 2011, 08:53

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Made this today along with the bakewell flapjacks……mmm delicious.

Posted by Adie | November 2, 2012, 16:03

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- Yay – always lovely when people make the recipes on my blog which was your favourite??
  
  Posted by beesloveteas | November 2, 2012, 18:05
  
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  - Ooh tricky decision but I think the bakewell flapjacks just edged it as the winner….delicious with a nice cup of tea.
    
    Btw love your blog. x
    
    Posted by Adie | November 2, 2012, 19:42
  - Oh good, was a complete experiment that went right (for once!) So glad that you like the blog too, that has put a big smile on my face x
    
    Posted by beesloveteas | November 2, 2012, 20:01
  - Fab experiment……keep them coming please
    
    Posted by Adie | November 2, 2012, 20:31
  - Definitely will! I’ve got some new flapjack ideas so may bend your ear to see what you think!
    
    Posted by beesloveteas | November 2, 2012, 20:43
  - Mmm sounds good……hubby & 3 children looking forward to it!
    
    Posted by Adie | November 2, 2012, 21:15