Here is a picture of the treat we have in our freezer right now, cut into tiny pieces for the occasional moment of weakness, or even a regular moment of decisiveness! Depending on the way you view your food.
It is really simple to make, and is in fact not really a cake because there is no baking in it at all. You melt some butter and sugar and cocoa powder together, once that has cooled you whisk an egg into it then re-heat it. Then you let it cool again and pour it over a packet of crushed biscuits/cookies in a bowl. I use a plain tennis biscuit with a hint of coconut in it. I am sure you could use cookie crumbs in a box even, it is very similar to making a cheesecake base only with cocoa powder and an egg.
In the mean time you are melting down some chocolate to spread on the top. I normally use dark chocolate chips or cubes here to cut against the sweetness of the square but in my cupboard at the time was a 1/4 of a Terry's chocolate orange and half a Lindt bar of dark chocolate with orange and almonds in it. So that was what I used. I melted it in the microwave on little 30 second or less bursts, stirred it, heated it, etc until it was molten, then you spread it over the base and put it in the freezer to cool. Before it completely freezes you want to cut it up, so that it freezes into ready to eat squares otherwise you will be chipping away at it to get it out.
It makes a great, simple treat. We will have it in the freezer for a couple of weeks. Very handy to pull out when people stop by too!
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