Have you ever heard of Queen Elizabeth's favourite dessert? This simple cake is something that the late monarch loved to request to cap off her meals.
Moreover, she loves it so much that she usually eats it until her plate is empty! This famous dessert is called The Queen's Chocolate Biscuit Cake. And, you can make it home because you don't have to use an oven!
Queen Elizabeth's passing shook the world. While most people offered their condolences, others chose to honour her differently. These other tributes include remembering the late queen's favourite food and recipes.
The Queen's Chocolate Biscuit Cake traditionally uses ingredients from the UK. They may not be as expensive as you thought but they're not easy to find. Fortunately, you can easily find alternatives and make it with your kids at home!
Allow your kids to make and taste a fancy dessert and cook the favourite dessert of Queen Elizabeth II. Additionally, its decadent chocolate flavour goes well with the taste palate of our little ones.
Here’s How You Can Make Queen Elizabeth’s Favourite Dessert
Before we talk about the alternative ingredients, we want to share the process involved in making Queen Elizabeth's favourite dessert. Mums and dads can follow this process and choose from our suggested alternative ingredients later on.
To make things more fun, you can use the video below as a guide. This can entertain your kids while you read the process on your phone. The video also provides you and your kids the visuals of what you want your cake to look like.
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Meanwhile, the cake's flavours focus on enhancing the taste of chocolate and biscuits. It may seem simple at first but the end product will surprise you!
Chocolate Biscuit Cake Ingredients and Procedure
- Unsalted butter, softened not melted (1/2 cup or 115g )
- 53% or 65% dark chocolate, chopped (1/2 cup or 115g and add more if necessary)
- Rich Tea biscuits (use 1 300g pack and divide 225g for cake and the rest for garnish)
- Golden caster sugar or light brown sugar (1/2 cup or 115g )
- Warm water (2 tablespoons)
Procedure:
- Set aside a 15cm (6") loose bottom cake tin after buttering and lining it.
- In a separate bowl, break the biscuits into small pieces and avoid crushing them too finely. The consistency we're looking for is pieces that are about 1 to 2 cm in size.
- In another bowl, use your mixer or whisk to cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
- Melt the chocolate in a bain-marie or by using the microwave.
- After melting the chocolate, remove it from heat and mix it in the butter-sugar mixture.
- Using the bowl with the broken biscuits, pour the chocolate mixture and the water before combining them all together. While mixing, make sure the biscuits are fully coated with chocolate.
- Spoon the combined mixture into the cake tin you prepared earlier.
- Refrigerate the cake for about 30 minutes to 1 hour.
Chocolate Ganache Coating
While your cake is chilling in the fridge, you can prepare the ganache coating with your kids. This gives you enough time to let the ganache cool before coating the cold cake.
If you want the ganache to remain warm, we suggest you cook this for at least 30 minutes after refrigerating the cake. On the other hand, you can cook and let this cool if you prefer a colder cake.
Chocolate Ganache Coating Ingredients
- 53% or 65% dark chocolate, chopped (1 cup or 125g)
- Whipping cream (1/2 cup or 125g )
Final Procedure
- Place the chopped chocolate in a separate bowl.
- Meanwhile, pour the whipping cream into one pan and bring it to a simmer.
- Pour and mix the hot cream into the bowl with the chopped chocolate.
- Continue mixing until the mixture shows a shiny sheen.
- Remove the cake from the fridge and the cake tin before placing it on a cooling rack.
- Place a drip tray below the rack to catch the ganache coating that falls off the cake.
- Spoon the chocolate-coating mixture on the cake until it's completely coated.
- Crush and sprinkle excess biscuits for additional garnish.
- Let the cake chill in the fridge before serving. If your kids prefer melty chocolate, you can slice and serve it after the chocolate sets.
Ingredient Alternatives for Chocolate Biscuit Cake
You probably noticed this but the Rich Tea biscuits are the highlight of Queen Elizabeth's favourite desserts. However, they're not easy to come by if you don't live in the UK.
Fortunately, parents can find several alternatives in groceries or stores near them. In truth, you might already spot some of the biscuits we listed in your kitchen pantry.
Meanwhile, we didn't forget to accommodate the health concerns of health buff parents. You can still enjoy this delicious no-bake dessert guilt-free!
Parents need to anticipate adjusting the portion of these ingredients to find the consistency they need for the cake. However, we tried our best to list ingredients that don't need many changes in portion sizes. Check out the best ingredient alternatives below:
Ingredient Alternatives
| Rich Tea Biscuits | Marie Biscuits Digestive Biscuits Graham Crackers |
| Golden Caster Sugar | White Sugar Brown Sugar Honey (mixture may become watery) |
| Whipping Cream | Heavy Cream Chilled All-purpose cream |
Let Your Kids Join in the Fun!
Unlike other cooking recipes with kids, the process involved in making Queen Elizabeth's favourite desserts features no time constraints. As long as you avoid burning the chocolate, you don't need to rush the cooking!
Because of this, this recipe serves as a great bonding activity with your kids. While preparing the ingredients, let them choose the chocolate or toppings they want to add. Alternatively, you can bring them along as you browse the grocery for the ingredients you need.
During the cooking process, you can let your children operate the mixer or whisk some of the mixtures together. Since the mixtures don't have flour, you can also let them taste the chocolate or biscuits while cooking.
Additionally, don't be afraid to make a mess! Let your kids enjoy making the cake and just clean up right after.