A very popular chocolate and biscuits dessert, called “Mosaiko” in Greece! This no-bake cake recipe not only looks impressive, but can be made in advance and stored in the freezer. Soft, creamy and easy to make. Serve it with vanilla ice-cream and enjoy a great entertaining idea for the summer!
Mosaic Cake-No Bake Chocolate Roll
Ingredients
Instructions
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Melt the butter with the chocolate (both in pieces) stirring in low heat. Remove from heat, add the cognac and stir until blended.
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Add the biscuits in a bowl and crush them into small pieces by squeezing lightly with your hands.
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Using a hand mixer, beat the egg with the sugar until homogeneous and thick. Add the chocolate mixture and continue whisking until all ingredients are incorporated.
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Add the crushed biscuits and almonds into the chocolate mixture. Blend with slow circular movements so as the chocolate mixture coats the crushed biscuits.
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Spread the mixture on a piece of parchment paper and wrap into a roll. Twist the ends like a candy, so as yo have a roll evenly shaped. Place in the freezer for several hours until firm.
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Serve the mosaic cake in 1 to 1.5 cm thick slices. Store in the fridge.
Notes
- Serve it with vanilla ice-cream or eat a slice during breakfast or brunch.
- Before serving, dust with icing sugar.
- According to Wikipedia, a mosaic is a pattern or image made of small regular or irregular pieces of colored stone, glass or ceramic, held in place by plaster/mortar, and covering a surface.