This no-bake cake is a delicious mash-up of sugar, spice and all things nice… You could swap the pistachios for cashews or walnuts, and the ginger nuts for digestives or rich tea biscuits.
- Serves18
- CourseDessert
- Prepare15 mins
- Cook5 mins
- Total time20 mins
- Plussetting and chilling
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Ingredients
- 180g bar Waitrose Belgian Dark Chocolate (72% cocoa)
- 180g bar Waitrose Belgian Dark Chocoloate (54% cocoa)
- 40g unsalted butter, cubed
- 9 Waitrose Medjool Dates, pitted and chopped
- 75g pistachio nut kernels
- 30g pumpkin seeds
- 100g Essential Ginger Nuts, broken into chunks
Method
Line an 18cm x 18cm square tin with baking parchment. Roughly chop both bars of chocolate and put in a heatproof bowl with the butter. Set the bowl over a pan of gently simmering water (ensuring the bottom of the bowl doesn’t touch the water). Stir occasionally until everything has melted. Take off the heat; stir until combined.
Stir most of the dates, pistachios, pumpkin seeds and ginger nuts into the chocolate mixture, reserving a few to decorate the top. Add a good pinch of salt, then tip into the lined tin. Press down with the back of a spoon to smooth the surface. Scatter over the remaining dates, nuts, seeds and biscuit chunks.
Leave at room temperature to set for 1 hour, then cover and chill until set firm. Take out of the fridge for 5 minutes before cutting into slices about 2cm thick and then in half to serve. Store any leftover cake in an airtight container in the fridge for 1 week.
Cook’s tip
Leftover Medjool dates:These are brilliant for snacking at any time of day. For a simple sweet treat, fill pitted dates with peanut or almond butter, then dip in melted dark chocolate.
Nutritional
Typical values per serving when made using specific products in recipe
Energy | 815kJ/ 196kcals |
|---|---|
Fat | 13g |
Saturated Fat | 6.2g |
Carbohydrates | 15g |
Sugars | 11g |
Fibre | 3.3g |
Protein | 3.4g |
Salt | 0.1g |
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