Ingredients
3 large free range eggs
175g (6oz) self-raising flour
175g (6oz) caster sugar
175g (6oz) softened butter
1½ level tsp baking powder
40g (1½oz) cocoa powder
4 tbsp boiling water
For Decoration
200g of good quality chocolate
20g butter
200ml double cream
Pack of Cadbury’s Chocolate Fingers
Tube of popping candy
Tube of silver edible balls
Packet of ice cream rectangular wafers
Cadbury’s Twirl, crushed
Icing bag with icing/ Icing pen
Method
1. Preheat oven to 180ºC/gas mark four.
2. Beat together the eggs, flour, caster sugar, butter and baking powder in a large mixing bowl until smooth. Put the cocoa in a separate mixing bowl and add the water, a little at a time, to make a stiff paste. Add to cake mixture.
3. Pour into a square greased cake tin and bake for 40to 45 minutes. Leave the cake for ten minutes, and turn out onto a wire rack to cool.
4. For the topping/filling, bring the cream and sugar to the boil in a small pan then pour over the chocolate and butter. Beat well until the chocolate and butter have completely melted. Allow to cool.
5. Spread the topping over the cooled cake, you can also slice the cake into two, and use some of the ganache as a filling, if liked. Place the chocolate fingers around the edge of the cake and leave to set.
6. Cut the wafers into ‘grave’ shapes, and ice “RIP” on each. Whilst they set, create a path using the silver balls down the centre of the cake, then gently fill the gap with the popping candy.
7. Create small mounds of ‘earth’ using the crushed Twirl and then push each wafer ‘grave’ into the cake. You may need to sprinkle more mounds around each grave, to cover the bottom of each wafer. Push and pull the graves to make them look crooked, for an authentic Halloween look!
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