No Cook Panetone Cream Pie

Left over Panetone and Chocolate pieces lying about? This is a perfect way to shift the basics in this fabulous cake that can be frozen until ready to serve and will leave you with a smile on your face and delight in your stomach!

Hi guys, I know I haven't updated for a bit, but I've been revising really hard for my exams, so fingers crossed! Anyway, I hope that everyone had a really great Christmas and 2013 isn't treated you too badly. But after christmas I realized I was overloaded with boxes of chocolates and so I thought that rather than scoff down the lot at 70 calories a pop, I would transfer them into something all the more enjoyable, which is where I found this Nigella recipe, and put a bit of a spin on it to make it a little more to my taste, hope you like it! :D

Ingredients; (Serves 8 people)

• 900g panettone
• 6tbsp Tuaca liqueur
• 2 eggs
• 75g caster sugar
• 500g mascarpone (at room temperature)
• 250ml double cream (at room temperature)
• 125ml Marsala
• 75g marrons glaces (pieces)
• 125g Chopped Chocolates, I used Seashells
• 100g Pistachio nuts (chopped)
• 1&1/2 tsp Rum Flavouring

Recipe after the Break!

Chocolate Avalanche Pie

Layers of creamy, chocolate deliciousness are the key features of this more than fantastictal winter warmer. Covered in rum and cinnamon cream and topped with chocolate flakes, oh and a base of chocolate pastry, I'm sure this will take you to your very own winter wonderland.

This charmer is a  variation of a recipe I found in an old book, I thought I might try it out, and my my my, I would kill for this now, and maybe you will too... Figurativly of course ;) The perfect thing for a Christmas dessert to share. Or not, if you're feeling up to the challenge..


Ingredients; Makes a 23cm/9 inch pie

For the Pastry:

• 225g Plain Flour
• 2 tbsp Cocoa Powder
• 150g Butter
• 3 tbsp Caster Sugar
• 1-2 tbsp Cold Water
• 1 tsp Ground Nutmeg

For the Filling;

• 175g Butter
• 350g Brown Sugar
• 4 Eggs, Lightly beaten
• 4 tbsp Cocoa Powder, Sifted
• 100g Plain Chocolate
• 50g Dark Chocolate
• 300ml Single Cream
• 1 tsp Strong Coffee (Just put a spoonful of granules in a glass with hot water and mix)
• 2 tsp Ground Cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp Nutmeg

Topping;

• 400ml Double Cream, Whipped
• 3-4 Drops Rum Flavouring
• 2 tsp Ground Cinnamon
• 50g Chocolate to be made into flakes and curls (in recipe)

Yeah, okay, I know that looks like a very long list of stuff, but it's worth it. Waaay worth it.
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