Millionaires Shortcake

[Salesy]

So the kids were hassling me for something sweet and i haven't done this for a while.

YUM YUM YUM



Whats your favourite thing to bake?

[tvrforever]

looks fab - recipe that you used?

[Jezzerh]

tvrforever said:

looks fab - recipe that you used?

Yeah come on let's have some pics I want to make that!

[Dr G]

Dangerous stuff.

I'll just have one four eleven pieces.

[soad]

Millionaire’s cheesecake isn't bad either.

[HQ2]

You're either my missus with a PH account, or randomly my wife made the same for 'the kids' over the weekend. I thought it was a bit sweet for me, but a plate of the stuff sat on the table next to me slowly disappeared.

[grumbledoak]

Done correctly that stuff is just the right/wrong/dangerous side of sweet.

So I don't make it. I like myself the size and shape I am.

[HarryFlatters]

Salesy said:

So the kids were hassling me for something sweet and i haven't done this for a while.

YUM YUM YUM



Whats your favourite thing to bake?

That looks delicious

My favourite thing to bake is soda bread.

[Salesy]

Right people.

Ingrediants needed for the base

225g of unsalted butter chilled and diced
100g of Golden castor sugar
200g of Plain flour
115g of Ground almonds
1 Tsp of Vanilla extract

Whizz all the ingredients in a processor/ mixer and place into a 23cm square tin lined with baking parchment (leave sides long enough to aid removal)
Prick the base with a fork and cover over with cling film and chill base for 1hr.
Preheat the oven to 140c for fan 160c electric and cook base for approx 40 mins until golden brown.
Leave to cool.

Caramel ingrediants

100g of unsalted butter
70g of golden castor sugar
1 Tbsp of golden syrup
275g of nestle caramel (the one in a tin found next to condensed milk)
1 level tsp of fine salt

Put all the above into a saucepan and bring to the boil, simmer for 8-9 minutes until amalgamated. Pour over the cooled base.

Allow to cool then place in fridge for 1hr.

Chocolate topping

200g of at least 50% cocoa dark chocolate
25g of white chocolate.

Melt the dark chocolate in a bowl over a saucepan with boiling water in it. once fully melted pour over the already set caramel. melt the white chocolate in the microwave for around 20 seconds and flick this over the dark chocolate to make a pretty pattern.

Cool for at least an hour and slice when chocolate has just set.

Eat and enjoy.

[Kermit power]

If you've got as sweet a tooth as me, and you really, really want to clog up your arteries, try making that with a base of chocolate cornflakes instead of biscuit, then keep it in the freezer!

I deliberately don't teach myself how to make it, then pester Mrs Kermit into making some for me once a year as a birthday present!

[Legend83]

What would I replace the almonds with? (my daughter has a nut allergy)

[Salesy]

You could try just without the nuts as it only bulks the mixture up.

Or add 10% to the other ingredients for the extra volume