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Date: 15 August 2006 13:59:14
For evangelistic purposes or just scoffing by yourself as you watch the rain:
Chocolate Orange Refrigerator Cake
Makes 16 squares
Preparation time: 20 minutes, plus overnight soaking, and setting
120g raisins
4 tbsp Grand Marnier or Cointreau
150g orange-flavoured dark chocolate (such as Green & Black's Maya Gold), or plain dark chocolate
120g unsalted butter, cubed
200g orange or lemon shortbread biscuits, roughly broken up
110g chocolate-covered, candied orange peel, chopped
Soak the raisins in the alcohol overnight.
Line a 20cm-square cake tin with clingfilm.
Break up the chocolate and put it into a bowl with the butter. Melt the two together over a pan of barely simmering water. Stir until smooth, then add the raisins (drained if necessary), biscuits and candied peel.
Scrape into the lined tin, smooth down and leave to set at room temperature for about an hour or so. Once set, cut into 16 squares with a very sharp knife. Store in an airtight tin, in the fridge if possible.
[edit: I got some of the proportions wrong, the above is correct, and yes, they may well make an appearance at Greenbelt].