Chocolate Concrete Cake with Mint Custard
If you don’t remember this from primary school then you should probably skip to the next recipe! #Nostalgia
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Ingredients
Concrete Cake
- 200 g Plain flour
- 200 g Caster sugar plus more for sprinkling
- 50 g Cocoa powder
- 100 g Butter
Mint Custard
- 30 g Cornflour
- 3 tbsps Caster sugar
- 340 ml Milk
- Peppermint extract
- Green food colouring
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180℃
- In a large mixing bowl, add the flour, caster sugar and cocoa powder. Mix well.
- In a saucepan, add the butter and heat over a medium heat until fully melted.
- Pour the butter into the dry ingredients and mix until its well combined. You might prefer to get in there with your hands. It should resemble a crumb mixture.
- Press the crumb mixture down into a lined 20 cm baking tin. Press it down firmly so it compacts.
- Place it in the oven for 20 minutes.
- Once done, take it out and set it aside to cool, sprinkle some caster sugar over the top.
- Once cooled, cut it into portions.
- To make the mint custard, mix the cornflour with the sugar then add a splash of the milk. Mix until its a loose paste like mixture.
- Place the rest of the mik into a saucepan and heat over a medium heat. Add the cornflour paste and carry on cooking over a medium heat. Stir continuously until it thickens.
- Once it has thickened to the right consistency, add a splash of peppermint extract and the green food colouring. Mix well.
- Serve the concrete cake and pour the mint custard over the top.
