Chocolate Cookie Cake

From Green & Black's organic chocolate. This needs time to chill.

• Ready In: 35 mins
• Serves: 10

Ingredients

• 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

Directions

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.