Dawn's Mum's Tiffin

If you're looking for a perfect accompaniment to a well-earned brew, then search no longer. I can personally vouch for the fact that this tastes extra good with a steaming cup of your favourite caffeinated beverage. Cut it just big enough to feel like a treat, and small enough for plenty to go round. And, no actual oven involved - easy peasy.

Ingredients

(Makes approx 16 squares)

• 110g margarine
• 50g caster sugar
• 2tbsp golden syrup
• 25g cocoa
• handful of raisins
• 225g crushed digestive biscuits

Method

1. Melt the margarine, sugar, syrup and cocoa together in a saucepan.
2. Take the pan off the heat and add the biscuit and raisins. Mix well.
3. Transfer the mixture to a shallow dish (approx 20cm square) and place in the fridge to cool.
4. Melt the chocolate and spread over the cooled mixture smoothly. Chill in the fridge for at least 2 hours.
5. Cut into squares and enjoy with a brew!

Tips

• Crush biscuits with the end of a rolling pin in a large bowl (you can try the ‘putting-them-in-a-foodbag-first’ method but I always find the bag splits). 
• Add chopped glace cherries or nuts for extra flavour and texture. 
• Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of water.

So, what are you waiting for? Especially when the finished product looks a whole lot like this:

 

Tiffin

I know, we're waiting with baited breath for the debut delicious treat and I can offer a sneak peak!

That's right folks, its going to be chocolate-y biscuit-y goodness in the form of tiffin! Prepared by none other than Dawn, my beautiful fiancee. Get ready, because I think it'll be goood :)

The concept

Chances are, if you're reading this you're interested in being a part of the Cake Collective. And frankly, who wouldn't be?

If you fit this description...read on! The basic idea is that we can give ourselves an excuse to bake more cakes by rebranding this activity and blogging about it. That way, we can share good recipes/epic failures with each other and anyone else who stumbles across us. Double win.

 

I hope it might work like this:

1. Member of the Cake Collective spies a delicious looking recipe for a baked creation.
2. Aforementioned member bakes said recipe, and is delighted with the results.
3. They take some pictures of the finished product (and anything extra - like the making or enjoying parts).
4. They type up the recipe, with their own interpretations/substitutions/tips for success/advice for nervous bakers.
5. They credit the source of the recipe (if it is completely original then you can credit yourself too!)
6. They email stuff from 3. 4. and 5. to me (gemma.cheney@googlemail.com)
7. I do some computer magic and post it on here.

The idea is simple, but there is plenty of room for embellishment. Including cake parties, cake themes, cake challenges etc. I'm even open to including *savoury baking.*

So, let this be the excuse you've been waiting for to break out those recipe books and get cooking.

Recipes for above: Smore Brownies,  Lemon Poppy Seed Cake, Red Velvet Cupcakes