Name: Old-fashioned biscuit cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cup milk; 1 tablespoon instant coffee granules; 32 plain coffee biscuits; 1 tablespoon cocoa powder, plus 2 1/2 tablespoons extra, to dust; 75 gram cream cheese, at room temperature; 45 gram unsalted butter, at room temperature; 3/4 cup icing sugar

Old-fashioned biscuit cake

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Serves 6

Prep

20M

Cook

Total

25M

Ingredients

1 1/4 cup milk

1 tablespoon instant coffee granules

32 plain coffee biscuits

1 tablespoon cocoa powder, plus 2 1/2 tablespoons extra, to dust

75 gram cream cheese, at room temperature

45 gram unsalted butter, at room temperature

3/4 cup icing sugar

Method

1.Heat milk and coffee in a saucepan until lukewarm. Transfer to a heatproof bowl. Dip biscuits lightly, one by one, into coffee mixture, then arrange 8 biscuits on a serving plate to form an 18x15cm rectangle. Sprinkle with a little of the cocoa powder. Repeat using remaining biscuits, milk mixture and remaining cocoa powder to make 4 layers in total.

2.Using an electric mixer, beat cream cheese and butter in a bowl until very light and creamy. Beat in combined sifted icing sugar and 2 tablespoons of the extra cocoa powder until combined. Spread over top of cake. Chill for 15 minutes.

3.Serve biscuit cake dusted with remaining extra cocoa powder.

Dip biscuits into lukewarm hot chocolate instead of coffee if making for kids. You’ll need 2 x 250g packets of biscuits. Store leftover biscuits for up to 1 month in an airtight container at room temperature.
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