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

 * 1) Grease a loaf tin with ½ teaspoon of melted butter.
 * 2) 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.
 * 3) In a small saucepan add the water and sugar and cook over moderate heat, stirring continuously until the sugar has dissolved.
 * 4) Pour the syrup over the butter mixture and stir until they are well incorporated.
 * 5) Fold in the eggs and, last, fold in the broken biscuits.
 * 6) Stir gently until the chocolate mixture coats the biscuits well.
 * 7) Transfer the mixture to the prepared loaf tin, and with a wooden spoon press the mixture firmly down into the tin.
 * 8) Cover with foil, place in the fridge and leave overnight.
 * 9) To take cake out of the tin just simply dip the bottom into boiling water and turn cake upside down over a serving dish.
 * 10) Sprinkle the top with the chopped almonds and serve.