Malteser Cake Food

MALTESER CAKE

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, sift flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and baking soda. Then add sugars and whisk together.
• In a separate mixing bowl, add buttermilk, vegetable oil, vanilla and eggs. Whisk together. Boil the kettle and pour out 1 cup of hot water. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. Start to fold together, slowly pour in the hot water, and continue to mix until all the ingredients are incorporated.
• Divide the mixture into two cake tins and bake for approximately 30 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out clean. Leave for 10 minutes before gently removing the cakes from their pans and leave to cool completely on a wire rack.
• Chocolate buttercream Place butter in a large mixing bowl and beat with an electric mixer on medium speed for a couple of minutes until pale and creamy. Meanwhile melt the chocolate (both milk and dark chocolate) in the microwave, stirring every 20 seconds, until just melted and set aside to cool a little.
• Once the butter is very pale and creamy, add half of the sugar and a tablespoon of milk and beat on low until the sugar is incorporated. Then, add the rest of the sugar and two tablespoons of milk, and beat on slow until the sugar is incorporated.
• Next, add melted chocolate to the buttercream mixture, ensuring the chocolate is still smooth and melted but is not warm. Beat until the chocolate is completely mixed through. Add an extra tablespoon or two of milk until frosting is smooth and creamy.
• To assemble cake, trim the tops of the cakes. Then cake each in half horizontally so you have four layers of cake in total. Cover the first layer of cake with chocolate buttercream, add another layer of cake and repeat with remaining buttercream and cake. Then cover the entire cake with frosting.
• Finally, add Maltesers all over the top and sides of the cake.

MALTESER CAKE

Steps:

• Melt butter, chocolate and syrup together in saucepan over medium-low heat.
• Add crushed biscuits and maltesers..
• Mix together quickly then pour into a lined swiss roll or rectangular tin. Flatten with the top of a spatula before chilling until set (2-3 hours or overnight).
• Drizzle with melted white chocolate (if using), slice into squares and serve.

MALTESER CRUNCH BARS

Steps:

• Grease and line a swiss roll tin.
• Melt together the milk chocolate, butter and syrup.
• Add crushed biscuits and whole maltesers to chocolate mix.
• Press into tin and place in fridge to chill.
• When mix is firm, melt the white chocolate and pour on top. Finally crush up the left over maltesers and sprinkle on top.

MALTESER TIFFIN

Steps:

• Line a 20cm square baking tin with baking parchment.
• Place the 200g of chocolate, butter and syrup in a heat-proof bowl and melt over a pan of barely simmering water or in the microwave. Once almost melted, remove from the heat and gently stir until any tiny bits chocolate have melted. Allow to cool a little.
• Place the biscuits and 35g of the Maltesers in a freezer bag, seal and crush with a rolling pin. You want mainly crumbs but a few small chunks of biscuit is fine.
• Top the crushed mixture and whole Maltesers (save 1 or 2 for yourself) to the melted chocolate and stir until everything is coated. Press into the prepared tin and make the topping.
• For the topping, melt the chocolate, butter and syrup as before and spread over the biscuit base.
• Cover the tin with cling film or foil and refrigerate for 1-2 hours before cutting into squares.

MALTESERS CHEESECAKE, NO BAKE

Steps:

• Bash the biscuits with a rolling pin, think of someone you don't like.I find it helps if you put the biscuits in a food bag then bash them.
• Melt the butter in a saucepan tip in the crumbs and mix well. Press the crumbs into the bottom of a greece proof paper linned, 9in spring form tin. Chill in the fridge while you make the topping.
• Mix the cream cheese and mascarpone in a large mixing bowl. Mix with an electric whisk (or like a bat out of hell with a non electric one) until light and fluffy. Add the icing sugar a bit at a time and whisk each time. Finally add the vanilla.
• Bash the maltesers with a rolling pin add half to the mix and put the other half aside (do not eat!)
• Spread the mix on the base and it in the fridge for at least 4 hours (its worth the wait) Just before you serve add the remaining bashed balls on top.

MALTESER TRAY BAKE

Steps:

• Melt the butter, chocolate and syrup
• Add the crushed biscuits and maltesers
• Mix together then pour into a greased baking tin and chill until set.
• Option: Once set, melt the additional chocolate and pour over the top. Chill until set

MALTESER CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 175°C Grease an 18cm square cake tin
• Sift together the flour, sugar amd cocoa
• In another bowl- combine the eggs, oil and Fruche
• Combine wet and dry ingredients
• Stir through the maltesers
• Pour into prepared tin and bake approx 30 minutes.