No Bake Chocolate Cake

A very popular English cake which is like making your own chocolate bar. It contains only four ingredients; melted chocolate and butter, toasted nuts, and biscuits. There is no baking involved. All you do is mix the ingredients together in a bowl, press it into a tart or cake pan, and leave it to chill in the refrigerator. You have to try it. It's addictive!

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Serves: 10

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature (cut into small pieces)
• 4  ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
• 4  ounces  digestive biscuits or 4  ounces graham crackers or 4  ounces  butter cookies
• 1 1⁄4 cups hazelnuts (toasted and chopped) or 1 1⁄4 cups  almonds (toasted and chopped) or 1 1⁄4 cups walnuts (toasted and chopped) or 1 1⁄4 cups pecans (toasted and chopped) or 1 1⁄4 cups  macadamia nuts (toasted and chopped)

Directions

1. If using hazelnuts: Preheat the oven to 350 degree F (177 degree C) and place the hazelnuts on a baking sheet. Bake for about 15 minutes or until fragrant and the skins begin to flake. Remove from oven and place a dish towel over the nuts. Let the nuts sit for a few minutes and then rub the nuts in the towel briskly to remove the skins. Let cool and then chop coarsely.
2. If using almonds, walnuts, pecans, and/or macadamia nuts: In a 350 degree F oven bake the nuts for about 8 - 10 minutes or until lightly brown and fragrant. Let cool then chop coarsely.
3. Then in a heatproof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water, melt the butter and chocolate.
4. Meanwhile break the digestive cookies into small pieces (about 1/2 inch).
5. Once the butter and chocolate are melted, remove from heat and stir in the digestive cookies, along with their crumbs, and the chopped nuts.
6. Spread this mixture into a lightly buttered 8 inch tart or cake pan, cover, and refrigerate for several hours or until set. Cut or break into slices. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.