Baking can often be a complicated process with lots a long shopping list of ingredients, but you can make something delicious with no fuss if you have the right recipe.
Mary Berry’s chocolate and cappuccino tart is made with six simple ingredients and takes less than 15 minutes to prepare before you leave it to chill in the fridge.
Anyone who loves chocolate or coffee cake will adore this tart, but is even creamier and much less work than making a cake.
This is one of the easiest and quickest desserts to bake and does not require an oven, making it the perfect dessert to treat yourself or to impress loved ones with.
Writing in her cookbook ‘Quick Cooking’, Mary said: “An indulgent, rich chocolate tart – quick to make and even quicker to devour! Like a cup of cappuccino, it has a creamy topping and scattering of chocolate shavings.”
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Instructions
To make the base: Break the dark chocolate into pieces and melt in a pan along with the butter on a medium heat.
Once the butter and dark chocolate have fully melted, remove the pan from the heat. Crush the digestive biscuits into fine crumbs and then add the crumbs to the pan.
Stir until fully combined and then press the mixture into the base of the tart tin. Place in the fridge to chill for around five minutes or until you have the filling.
To make the filling: Place the dark chocolate, butter, double cream, and dissolved coffee granulates in a heatproof bowl.
Set the bowl over a pan of just simmering water and stir until the chocolate is melted and you have a runny and smooth mixture.
Once ready, remove from the heat and allow to cool down a little, and then stir in the creme fraiche and mix.
Take the tart tin out of the fridge and carefully pour the filling mixture on top of the biscuit base. Then place back in the fridge and allow the tart to cool for a minimum of two hours or ideally overnight.
To decorate: Once fully cooled, whip the double cream, pour it into a piping bag (if using), and pipe five large blobs of cream onto the middle of the tart. Then, sprinkle over the chocolate shavings or grated chocolate.
To serve: Remove from the tart tin and place the tart on a plate. Your mouth-watering chocolate coffee tart is now ready to serve.
