Cappuccino Squares

Another bake from Rachel Allen’s Cake. This time Cappuccino Squares, coffee sponge, vanilla buttercream and chocolate flakes on tip.  Well, actually the chocolate bit is chocolate that comes like that in a tin from Hotel Chocolat, which I keep on hand for decorating sweet things.  The cake needs very strong coffee flavouring. 

After Dinner Mint Cake

These are lovely, we as a family, but particularly Sophie and I love mint and chocolate, so when I saw this in Rachel Allen’s Cake  (Collins 2012) - it was a must make!

The chopped up After Eight (mints) in the cake sort of sink to the bottom of the squares and give a gooey sticky layer.  I change the topping a bit by omitting fresh mint leaves and lemon juice and adding in more mint extract and a tablespoon of water. I also topped them simply with a quarter of an After Eight chocolate. Easy, but effective. :)    Must make these again soon! 

Recipe link here.