Spiced Biscuit Base (see notes for shop bought biscuit quantities)
240gplain flour
35gcaster sugar
35gdark brown sugar
½tspcinnamon
½tspground ginger
½tspfine salt
½tspbicarbonate of soda
165gunsalted buttercubed
60ggolden syrupor honey
40gunsalted buttermelted
Caramel Layer
400gcondensed milka standard Carnation tin
200gunsalted butter
50gcaster sugar
50ggolden syrup
Biscoff Chocolate Layer
250gmilk chocolate
200gBiscoff spread
Instructions
Spiced Biscuit Base
Preheat the oven to 160°C fan/180°C.
Place your dry ingredients into a bowl and mix. Add the butter and breadcrumb between your fingers. This means you just rub the butter into the dry ingredients until it resembles breadcrumbs.
Add the golden syrup and mix it together until a dough forms.
Put this on a baking tray in rough clumps. We're going to be blitzing it after it cooks, so it does not matter if it's not pretty.
Bake for 25-30 minutes. You can roughly cut it up and move it around the baking tray during this time if the edges look like they're browning too quickly. It's not often I'll let you open the oven door during baking, but that's how forgiving this recipe is.
When it's nice and golden. Take it out of the oven and blitz it in a food processor or bash it up with a rolling pin. Take out a small handful of crumbs if you want to sprinkle them on top of the chocolate later.
Pour in your melted butter and mix it through. Press it into the base of a 9x9in lined tin. Make sure your tin is lined or you'll struggle to get your slices out neatly later.
Caramel Layer - Be careful here as sugar gets HOT
In a large saucepan, add all your caramel ingredients and heat over a medium heat until the butter and sugar are completely melted. Keep stirring to ensure nothing catches on the bottom.
Allow the mixture to boil for around 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
Your caramel will be ready when it has changed to a slightly darker golden colour.
Pour the caramel over the biscuit base and leave it to set for an hour. This can be done on the side or in the fridge. You want it to be set before pouring your chocolate over, so that you get those distinct lines.
Biscoff Chocolate Layer
Final stage. Melt your chocolate carefully in the microwave in short bursts with lots of stirring, or using a bain-marie.
Add your biscoff spread into your melted chocolate. And heat again briefly, so that the spread melts. Mix thoroughly.
Pour over your set caramel. I bang my pan a couple of times on a work surface to make sure there are no trapped air bubbles. Sprinkle on the extra biscuit crumbs now if you're using.
Allow to set completely before slicing and enjoying. I leave mine overnight.
Notes
There's nothing wrong with a shop bought biccies. If using shop bought biscuits, use 400g and 130g of melted butter. I would obviously choose Lotus biscuits for this recipe.
Do not use tinned caramel for this recipe. It just won't set. Delicious, but MESSYYYY.
If your caramel is set rock hard, you've made toffee. Don't worry about. You live and learn. Leave it at room temperature to soften. It'll be delicious, just a bit chewier.