Recreate the childhood delight of the sweetshop in the kitchen with a marvellously moreish Malteser layer cake and a millionaire’s shortbread that uses the humble but toothsome Snickers bar as its inspirationSet against the rather earnest simplicity of baking at the moment – earthy sourdoughs; spelt,khorosan and millet; coconut sugar cakes and raw brownies – these chocolate bar-inspired concoctions stand out as trashier and less fashionable than ever.
That’s precisely as cake should be. buy that childish delight you once had stood in front of the cornershop chocolate bar counter, grubby fingers plucking at Freddos, and KitKats and Twixes,and translate it to the kitchen: whisk together a cake, biscuit, and bun or pudding in all the flamboyant,greedy glory that home baking is all about.
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Source: theguardian.com