Doukissa

== Description ==
Chocolate flavoured biscuit cake
== Ingredients ==
* 1 packet Marie biscuits, broken into small almond-sized pieces
* 2 eggs, beaten
* ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
* 90 g drinking chocolate
* 90 g cocoa powder
* 2 tablespoons water
* 100 g sugar
* 250 g unsalted butter, softened
* 100 g almonds, blanched, lightly roasted and roughly chopped
* 2 tablespoons almonds, blanched, lightly roasted and roughly chopped
== Directions ==
# Grease a loaf tin with ½ teaspoon of melted butter.
# Place the cocoa, drinking chocolate and softened butter in a large mixing bowl and using a fork, blend the mixture together until it becomes a thick paste; add the chopped almonds and stir well.
# In a small saucepan add the water and sugar and cook over moderate heat, stirring continuously until the sugar has dissolved.
# Pour the syrup over the butter mixture and stir until they are well incorporated.
# Fold in the eggs and, last, fold in the broken biscuits.
# Stir gently until the chocolate mixture coats the biscuits well.
# Transfer the mixture to the prepared loaf tin, and with a wooden spoon press the mixture firmly down into the tin.
# Cover with foil, place in the fridge and leave overnight.
# To take cake out of the tin just simply dip the bottom into boiling water and turn cake upside down over a serving dish.
# Sprinkle the top with the chopped almonds and serve.
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