Between the sheets

No – not the cocktail of white rum, cognac, triple sec and lemon juice – sorry to disappoint!

It's sheets of baking parchment.

This is for those of you who like it really sweet and is my variation on the “Fridge cake” recipe. Is it a biscuit – is it a sweetie – you decide - I'd best describe it as fruity fudge with a “snap” texture.

250g digestive biscuits, crushed into a fine crumb

300g good quality white chocolate, broken

into similar size pieces

100g unsalted butter

100g golden syrup

100g cranberries, finely chopped

100g toasted almonds, blitzed or finely chopped

Place the biscuits in a plastic bag and bash with a rolling pin. Melt the chocolate, butter and golden syrup in a bain-marie, mixing until smooth. Remove from the heat, add the digestive biscuits, cranberries and almonds - mix well, coating everything in the chocolate syrup.

A quick reminder about toasting almonds. Preheat your oven 160fan/180c/Gas 4 for 5 minutes. I set my timer a minute at a time – checked and gave the baking tray a shake - the colour of the almonds is up to you but don't forget them or you'll be really cross!

You will need :

4 x sheets of baking parchment -

45cms x 30cms

a pastry board as large as the parchment

Place a sheet of parchment on your board, divide the mixture in half and place one half on your parchment. Place another sheet of parchment on top of the mixture and press down then roll out thinly – 0.5cm approx. Take the board with the mixture between the sheets to the fridge and slide straight onto the fridge shelf. Repeat with the remaining sheets and mixture. Leave to set in the fridge for at least 2 hours.

Peel off the top sheet of parchment and then cut out your “fruity fudge snaps” in shapes of your choice. I managed 25 biscuits per batch, 50 in total.

The final bonus is that you finish up with the same “jigsaw” of fruity fudge snap bits. Bag or box them and freeze. Blitz them as required for a fudge crumb to sprinkle over your favourite ice cream.

Photo guide coming next - not one crumb wasted!