Prince William&#39;s Chocolate Biscuit Cake

Who wouldn't want the recipe for a scrumptious chocolatey dessert, and this one is not just any chocolatey dessert, but Chocolate Biscuit Cake that will be served at William and Kate's wedding on Friday.

My father found the recipe for Prince William's favourite cake in the Toronto Star newspaper and offered to make it for our Easter dinner. So with a new springform pan and some assistance from my Mother in melting chocolate, he made this delicious Chocolate Biscuit Cake.

According to the article, the Queen would request that the chef make Chocolate Biscuit Cake when William was visiting from Eton. Since Prince William is having it as his groom's cake for the royal wedding on Friday I'm posting the recipe ahead of time so you will have a few days to find the ingredients to make your own cake to enjoy while watching the wedding.

The main ingredient in the recipe is McVitie's Rich Tea Biscuits so this cake is more like a thick chocolate cookie than a true cake. The McVitie's Cake Co. has been asked to make the cake for the royal wedding. My Dad said that they were not able to find these exact biscuits so he substituted Christie's Social Tea Biscuits, but really any plain tea biscuit would work as long as you keep the quantity the same.

Ingredients:
4 tbsp (60 ml) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/2 cup (125 ml) granulated sugar
4 oz (11o g) dark chocolate, chopped
1 large egg, beaten
8 oz (225 g) McVitie's Rich Tea Biscuits, about 28 biscuits broken into almond-sized pieces
8 oz (225 g) dark chocolate, chopped - for the icing

Method:
1. Line bottom of 7-inch (18 cm) springform pan with parchment paper and butter sides of the pan.
2. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy using electric mixer on medium setting.
3. In double boiler melt 4 oz chocolate.
4. Stir in butter mixture.
5. Stir in egg.
6. Remove from heat and add biscuits, stirring until well mixed.
7. Spoon mixture into springform pan filling all gaps and refrigerate for three hours until set.
8. Remove pan and turn cake upside-down on cooling rack set over a parchment lined baking sheet.
9. Melt 8 oz chocolate in double boiler.
10. Pour the melted chocolate over the cake, smoothing it on the top and sides.
11. Let stand for one hour until set.
12. Carefully remove cake from the cooling racks and place on serving plate.
Serves 8

The cake needed to be cut on a cutting board with a serrated knife and even still was difficult to cut without little pieces breaking off, however, it more than made up for itself with how delicious it was.