Chocolate fondant fancies

Name: Chocolate fondant fancies
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: Makes 25-30
Cuisine: British, French
Ingredients: 175g plain flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 175g butter softened; 175g golden caster sugar; 3 eggs lightly beaten; 1 large tbsp cocoa powder; 13 small round ones dark chocolate truffles halved; 100g dark chocolate; 25g butter; 6 tbsp icing sugar; 50g milk chocolate to decorate

Published: March 27, 2015 at 12:28 PM

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Makes 25-30

Easy

Total time: 1 hr and 15 mins

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Not just for children, here’s a deliciously adult version of a tea-time favourite. Rich chocolate cake squares are topped with an indulgent truffle and smothered in double chocolate icing

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Ingredients

175g plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
175g butter

softened
175g golden caster sugar
3 eggs

lightly beaten
1 large tbsp cocoa powder
13 small round ones dark chocolate truffles

halved
100g dark chocolate
25g butter
6 tbsp icing sugar
50g milk chocolate

to decorate

Method

step 1

Heat the oven to 160C/fan 140C/gas 3. Put the flour, baking powder, butter, caster sugar, eggs and cocoa powder into a large bowl and beat together with an electric whisk. The mixture should drop easily from a spoon, add a little water if it’s too stiff.
step 2

Spoon the mix into a 23cm square cake tin (try to use one without rounded edges). Bake for 30–35 minutes or until the cake is cooked through (test with a skewer). Remove from the tin and cool completely. Cut into 25 squares. Top each square with half a truffle, cut-side down.
step 3

To make the icing, melt the dark chocolate and butter together with 4 tbsp water in a microwave or a bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water. Mix in the icing sugar. Spoon over the top of the cakes, spreading round the sides and over the truffle with a small palette knife. If the icing gets too thick, heat it up slightly. Leave the dark icing to set for a few minutes, then drizzle the milk chocolate over with a teaspoon.

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