Look what I made!
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beelikejLast weekend I made arretjescake, a traditional Dutch treat made with chocolate and biscuits (cookies in US-English;) It doesn't require an oven; you only need a fridge! This was the very first time I made one all by myself. \o/ When I was little, my mom would let us break all the biscuits, I still like that part the best. *g* I don't even own a regular cake tin, but managed to make it look like a cake after all.
If I can do it, everyone can, so I'm sharing the recipe and pictures of my first effort...
ARRETJESCAKE
(The name comes from a cartoon-character that was designed to promote the solidified coconut butter originally used in the recipe) I tried to find the right translations of the ingredients, don't hesitate to ask for clarification. This is my mom's recipe (who got it from my gran:)
Ingredients:
250 gram vet (plantaardig frituurvet, blokvorm: Diamant) = 250 grams solid frying oil (Vegetable/cooking fat)
200 gram witte basterdsuiker = 200 grams white caster sugar
4 volle eetlepels cacao (50 gram) = 4 big tablespoons cocoa powder (about 50 grams)
2 eieren = 2 eggs
200 gram biscuits (1 pak) = 200 grams of biscuits (cookies;)
1. break the biscuits in small pieces, set aside
2. mix the eggs with the caster sugar, then stir in the cocoa powder
3. melt the fat slowly on a low fire
4. carefully pour the fat in with the cocoa mix, stir slowly until it's a smooth mixture
5. add the broken biscuits
6. spoon the mixture in a cake tin, spread until the toplayer is somewhat even;)
7. put in fridge for a couple of hours
I made it in the evening and didn't take it out of the fridge until the next day. The cake will come out of the tin easily if you hold in a bit of hot water.
Tadaah 1; the extra mixture I had put in a tupperware box.
Tadaah; an actual, yet tiny cake!
I'm not sure how to present it: upside down...
...or like this:)
Very sweet and very rich, omnomnom.
Let me know if you try to make it!
J.
If I can do it, everyone can, so I'm sharing the recipe and pictures of my first effort...
ARRETJESCAKE
(The name comes from a cartoon-character that was designed to promote the solidified coconut butter originally used in the recipe) I tried to find the right translations of the ingredients, don't hesitate to ask for clarification. This is my mom's recipe (who got it from my gran:)
Ingredients:
250 gram vet (plantaardig frituurvet, blokvorm: Diamant) = 250 grams solid frying oil (Vegetable/cooking fat)
200 gram witte basterdsuiker = 200 grams white caster sugar
4 volle eetlepels cacao (50 gram) = 4 big tablespoons cocoa powder (about 50 grams)
2 eieren = 2 eggs
200 gram biscuits (1 pak) = 200 grams of biscuits (cookies;)
1. break the biscuits in small pieces, set aside
2. mix the eggs with the caster sugar, then stir in the cocoa powder
3. melt the fat slowly on a low fire
4. carefully pour the fat in with the cocoa mix, stir slowly until it's a smooth mixture
5. add the broken biscuits
6. spoon the mixture in a cake tin, spread until the toplayer is somewhat even;)
7. put in fridge for a couple of hours
I made it in the evening and didn't take it out of the fridge until the next day. The cake will come out of the tin easily if you hold in a bit of hot water.
Tadaah 1; the extra mixture I had put in a tupperware box.
Tadaah; an actual, yet tiny cake!
I'm not sure how to present it: upside down...
...or like this:)
Very sweet and very rich, omnomnom.
Let me know if you try to make it!
J.
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Date: 2014-10-22 07:29 pm (UTC)