The bikkie cake! (more of a slice)

My boyfriends late Grandmother was quite a master cook as I have been told, I never met the woman but would have loved to! I have recently been given her Kenwood Chef by his mother which I have had a few goes with and I cant wait to use it some more!

Anyhow, James is always talking about his grandmothers cooking and certain things she used to make, but above all was her 'Biscuit Cake' which was something he has not had since!

Yesterday we managed to find a copy of the recipe, and I gave it a go!

We were at the beach house (his brothers house) where I do not have my usual collection of utensils so I made do...it was a first attempt so why not!

Biscuit Cake

250gms Butter

1 can condensed milk (375gms)

2 Packets of Super Wine Biscuits

1-2 Large Blocks of Energy Chocolate

1 C Dessicated Coconut + extra for sprinkling on top of slice.

1. The recipe said to leave butter out over night to soften, but I did this the quick modern way in a microwave (sorry grandma), and then to cream it.
2. Add the condensed milk to the butter.
3. I then spent ages crusing the biscuits into pieces, I normally would have given this a go in my blender, but did it the old fashioned way in a bread bag, and also using the masher...this took quite some time - apparently it needs to be finer than what I had done...next time :-)
4. Using a sharp nice flake off half - a whole block of energy chocolate, depending on how chocoholic you are, I started using the grater but apparently the bits of chocolate were too small so i used a sharp knife as instructed...god Grandma must have had some muscles because I am feeling this!
5. Mix the biscuit crumbs, chocolate, and coconut in with the butter mix and mix until combined.
6. Press the mix firmly into a large tray or container, the slice was about 3cms high in my container, but Im sure you could do it taller or shorter.Grandmas recipe said leave to set, about 2 hours. Instead I got straight onto the next step...melting the chocolate.Melt the rest of the block of chocolate (about one whole large block) and pour over the slice until it is all covered. We started with half a block but had to instruct the boyfriend to do the dash to the dairy for more as it did not cover!
7. And chuck it in the fridge! After about 30 mins I cut into slices and placed back in the fridge, this made it easier to slice later on as it is designed to get quite hard.I was told by my partner to cut them very small as the slice is very rich!

He was very impressed in the end...the biscuits could have been crushed a bit better but other than that - perfect!