These are really the equivalent of After Eights - great after dinner with coffee. You will really impress with these!
The recipe seems long winded, but the effort you put into these is definitely worth the time, and the result is wonderful. So this is what you need:
2/3 cup self - raising flour
2 Tbsp cocoa
2 Tbsp cocoa
1/4 tsp soda bicarbonate
1/3 cup castor sugar
30g butter/margarine
1/3 cup cup water
1 egg
Grease a swiss roll pan and line with greaseproof paper. Sift dry ingredients together, add butter and water and mix with electric mixer till well combined for 2 minutes. Add egg and mix well. Spread mixture into prepared pan and bake for 20mins in moderate oven; cool in pan.
Grease a swiss roll pan and line with greaseproof paper. Sift dry ingredients together, add butter and water and mix with electric mixer till well combined for 2 minutes. Add egg and mix well. Spread mixture into prepared pan and bake for 20mins in moderate oven; cool in pan.
Spread base with filling, refrigerate till set. spread with topping, once set, cut into heart shapes with cutter.
PEPPERMINT FILLING
Combine 2 and quarter cup icing sugar, sifted with 1 Tbsp oil in a heatproof bowl, stir in approximately 3 Tbsps milk to make a paste. Flavour with essence. Stir over hot water till spreadable.
Combine 2 and quarter cup icing sugar, sifted with 1 Tbsp oil in a heatproof bowl, stir in approximately 3 Tbsps milk to make a paste. Flavour with essence. Stir over hot water till spreadable.
TOPPING
Melt 125g chocolate with 90g unsalted butter over hot water.
mmmm,I love after eights so will definately try these out next weekend. Will letyou know how they come out :)
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