Biscuit cake

Biscuit cake is a no bake tea cake, comparable to the American icebox cake, that is found in Irish, English, Danish, Arabic, Bulgarian and Jewish cooking, and in Tunisian cuisine under the name Khobzet Hwe. It is made with digestive biscuits and may be finished with a chocolate glaze. In the British version the batter is made by simmering water with butter, sugar, chocolate chips and cocoa until smooth, then cooling it and folding in crumbled digestive biscuits. The mixture is set in a terrine or loaf pan in the refrigerator, and some recipes add condensed milk or raw eggs, or use golden syrup, glace cherries, nuts, sultanas or dried apricots, and finish with brazil nuts or marshmallows. A Jewish version was traditionally shaped as a pyramid with vanilla pudding and dark chocolate frosting. The chocolate biscuit cake is reported to have been a favourite tea cake of Queen Elizabeth II and was requested by Prince William as a groom's cake.