Sometimes we have a sweet tooth but don’t feel like baking. Thank goodness there are no-bake desserts! Search your drawers for coconut, a can of condensed milk and chocolate and you have the basic ingredients for no-bake coconut-almond cubes. Here we go!
Unbaked coconut-almond cubes
What we will need:
for the crust:
- 200 g butter biscuits
- 100 g chopped almonds
- 100 g melted butter
- 1 tbsp maple syrup
for the frosting:
- 300 g chocolate
- 300 ml whipping cream
- 2 tbsp vanilla extract
- 2 pinches salt
for the cream:
- 300 g shredded coconut
- 1,5 cans sweetened condensed milk
- 2 tbsp rum
How we will proceed:
1. For the crust, crush the biscuits into small pieces in a bowl with the palms of your hands. Add the almonds chopped to a similar size and mix together.
2. Pour in the melted butter, maple syrup and work into a sticky mixture.
3. Using your hands, press the dough into the bottom of a smaller baking tray (20x30cm) that you have lined with baking paper so that the corners of the paper overhang the edges of the tray, allowing you to easily lift out the finished dessert for final cutting.
4. Use half of the ingredients to make the first batch of chocolate icing: heat the cream and just before the boiling point, turn off the heat. Add the chopped chocolate, vanilla and a pinch of salt. Stir until you get a glossy chocolate mixture, which I pour over the crust.
5. Refrigerate the tin for about 30 minutes.
6. Then, on top of the solidified chocolate, spread the cream that you obtained by simply mixing the condensed milk, coconut and rum. Smooth the surface beautifully and refrigerate the cake again for 30 minutes.
7. Finish with a second, freshly prepared, chocolate glaze and refrigerate again for the final set – at least two hours.
8. Remove the cake from the tin by the corners of the paper and cut into the desired size cubes with a knife dipped in hot water. Each cube can be decorated with a pinch of shredded coconut.
Good taste!
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