The Baking Diaries since March 30th, 2011

Serradura Cake aka Sawdust cake

Recipe: makes one 6in cake Marie biscuits

- 300g Whipping cream

-400 g Condensed milk

- 88 g Vanilla extract

-1 tsp Gelatine

- 2 sheets

4tbsp cocoa powder

Cake base ingredients: Marie biscuits/Digestives - 50 g Melted butter - 30 g

200C. Crush marie biscuits, mix with butter, press into mould. Bake 10 minutes, cool.

Line cake ring with plastic wrap (the sides), if u first oil, then wrap it’ll be easier. Divide marie biscuit into two portions.

In one portion, mix with cocoa powder (if you don’t want with chocolate flavoured, omit the cocoa powder, and don’t separate.Personally i like no chocolate) Beat cream until stiff, beat in condensed milk, beat.

Prepare gelatine: soak in cold water, melt over hot water. Fold it in quickly. Pour one layer over base.

Sprinkle with cocoa marie biscuits (or if omitting then the layers would just be cream, biscuit, cream, biscuit), then sprinkle with plain marie biscuits. Repeat layers: cream, cocoa, no cocoa crumbs.

Refrigerate.