Prince William's Grooms Cake

Now tell me is there anyone out there that didn't drool when you saw the Grooms cake prepared for the wedding.  It is basically made of rich chocolate and cookie bits, McVities  to be exact which is called a biscuit in England.  The biscuit is a cookie but not an overly sweet concoction more like what we get as a cookie similar to an animal cracker type cookie.  The recipe is at the

Since my husband John's birthday was right around the corner, I decided to make the Chocolate Biscuit cake for him.  It turned out very good and is a wonderful rich treat.  The recipe makes a small cake and I am sure that is because it is very rich.  The wonderful thing about it too is that because it is basically cookie encased in chocolate, it just doesn't go stale.  The cake I made was small and we were still nibbling on it a week later. 

I got the recipe from Oprah . Com when she had Darren McGrady on her show.  he was a former chef to the Queen and often prepared the cake for Prince Williams afternoon tea with the Queen.  How cool for a Grandmother to have afternoon tea with her Grandson.

Chocolate Biscuit Cake

Recipe courtesy of Darren McGrady
Oprah.com   |   April 28, 2011

This cake is so good that Prince William chose it as his groom's cake for the royal wedding.

Servings: Makes one 6-inch round cake (8 portions)

Ingredients

• 1/2 tsp. butter , for greasing
• 8 ounces Rich tea biscuits
• 4 ounces unsalted butter , softened
• 4 ounces granulated sugar
• 4 ounces dark chocolate , for the cake
• 1 egg

• 8 ounces dark chocolate , for coating 
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• Mine didn't look as beautiful as Williams Grooms Cake but I carefully followed the recipe and I can tell you it was or is delicious.  Here's the interior of the cake, you can see why it would be so good with a cup of tea or glass of milk.  It's like eating a big chocolate cookie.