Chocolate Cookie Cake

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 1/4 cup corn syrup
• 7 ounces baking chocolate, broken into pieces (72% cocoa)
• 1 egg
• 2 ounces graham crackers
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• 1/4 cup golden raisin
• 1/3 cup candied cherry, reserving a few for decoration

Recipe

• 1 line a loaf pan with parchment paper.
• 2 melt the butter and syrup together in a small saucepan over a low heat until they begin to boil.
• 3 melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl suspended over a saucepan of barely simmering water, then mix thoroughly with the butter and syrup.
• 4 beat the egg and slowly add it to the hot chocolate mixture.
• 5 break up the graham crackers into large chunks; add the walnuts, raisins and most of the cherries.
• 6 pour the chocolate mixture on to the dry ingredients and mix together with a spatula or wooden spoon.
• 7 press the mixture into the pan and decorate with reserved cherries.
• 8 leave to set in the fridge for about 4 hours. remove from the fridge, peel off the paper and cut into slices or cubes.
• 9 serve chilled.