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    Martha Collison's chocolate mint icebox cake

    • Vegetarian
    • Preparation time: 20 minutes
    • Cooking time: 12 minutes to 14 minutes
    • Total time: 32 minutes to 34 minutes 35 minutes

    Serves: 10 - 12

    Ingredients

    FOR THE BISCUITS
    125g butter, softened
    75g light brown soft sugar
    75g caster sugar
    1 tsp vanilla extract
    1 Waitrose British Blacktail Medium Free Range Egg
    200g plain flour
    50g cocoa powder

    FOR THE FILLING
    300g pack After Eight Mints, or similar
    750ml double cream
    2 tbsp icing sugar
    A few mint leaves, to decorate
     

    Method

    1. Line 2 large baking trays with baking parchment and preheat the oven to 180°C, gas mark 4. Put the butter and both sugars in a mixing bowl and beat until slightly paler in colour. Mix in the vanilla and egg. Stir until fully combined.

    2. Gradually add the flour and cocoa powder to the bowl, beating as you go until the mixture is even and starts to clump. Bring it together with your hands, wrap in clingfilm and chill for 30 minutes.

    3. Remove the dough from the fridge, and roll out between 2 sheets of clingfilm to 5mm thick. Use a 4cm round cutter to cut out as many circles as you can.

    4. Bake the biscuits for 12-14 minutes. Leave to cool slightly on the tray before moving to a wire rack to cool completely.

    5. To make the mint chocolate sauce, chop half the mints and place into a small pan with 150ml of the cream. Stir over a low heat until the mints have melted and the sauce is glossy and smooth. Set aside to cool completely.

    6. Whip the remaining cream with the icing sugar to soft peaks. Arrange a layer of biscuits on a large serving plate, using a little cream to secure each one. Layer cream, biscuits, the remaining mints and mint chocolate sauce into a tower until all are used. Pour over the top any sauce that’s left. Garnish with fresh mint.

    7. Put the cake in the fridge and chill overnight, or for at least 8 hours, so the biscuits soften. Slice and serve. 

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