Mum’s Rummage Cake

Name: Mum’s Rummage Cake
Ingredients: 500 g digestive biscuits; 2 eggs; 2 tbsp cocoa powder; 20 g glacécherries; 100 g butter; 60 g caster sugar; 20 g raisins; 20 g chopped candied fruit; 20 g shelled roasted hazelnuts (optional)

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

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By Adam Byatt

Published 2010

About

This is the cake my mum used to make whenever guests were looming. It’s ideal for a birthday party as well as a great family treat.

Ingredients

Cuts into 24 pieces

500 g digestive biscuits
2 eggs
2 tbsp cocoa powder

Vegetarian
Cake
Birthday

Method

Preparation

Line a 20cm by 12cm by 2cm baking tray with parchment paper.

Crush the biscuits with a rolling pin. Beat the eggs in a small bowl. Sift the cocoa powder into another small bowl. Roughly chop the glacé cherries.

Melt the butter in a saucepan over a low heat. Add the sugar and stir until dis