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Malteser Cake with Ganache and crushed Maltesers on top

The most delicious Malteser Tray Bake

Safira
The most delicious Malteser Tray Bake - Easy Fudgy malt chocolate cake with a rich silky ganache and Maltesers topping.
5 from 3 votes
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Course Baking, Baking/Dessert
Cuisine british
Servings 20
Calories 347 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 3 Eggs
  • 175 g Light Brown Sugar
  • 75 g Caster Sugar
  • 220 g Plain Yoghurt
  • 160 g Milk
  • 120 ml Oil Neutral Flavoured
  • 100 g Butter Room Temperature
  • 2 tbsp Malt Powder Horlicks or Ovaltine
  • 250 g Self Raising Flour
  • 100 g Cocoa Powder
  • 120 ml Coffee

Ganache

  • 300 ml Double Cream
  • 100 g Dark Chocolate
  • 100 g Milk Chocolate
  • 1 ½ tbsp Malt Powder

Topping

  • 100 g Maltesers

Instructions
 

  • Butter and line a 9 x 13 baking tin. Preheat oven to 180 C/Gas Mark 4.
  • Combine Eggs and Sugar in a bowl and whisk for 5 minutes.
  • Add the Yoghurt, Milk, Butter and Oil and mix for a further 5 minutes.
  • Stir in Plain Flour, Malt Powder, and Cocoa. Then stir in.
  • Fold in Coffee. Beat together until smooth.
  • Transfer the batter into a 9 x 13 deep oven tray. Bake for 35-40 minutes or until a skewer inserted not the middle comes out clean.

Ganache

  • Heat Double Cream till nearly simmering. Remove from the heat. Add chopped chocolate and stir in. Sprinkle over Malt powder and mix through. Set aside to cool and thicken.
  • Once the cake has cooled, spread over the Ganache and add Maltesers.

Notes

Tips for making it

Ingredients- Make sure your ingredients are at room temperature.
Coffee – There is no flavour of coffee in this cake. All it does is enhance the flavour of the chocolate.
Malt powder - Horlicks or Ovaltine are good options.
Yoghurt and Milk - These add moisture in this recipe as Cocoa is quite drying. You can replace the Yoghurt and Milk with Buttermilk or Sour Cream.
Ganache - For a thicker Ganache, leave to cool for longer.

Variations

Milk - You can use Buttermilk or Sour Cream instead of the Milk and Yoghurt.
Vanilla - I don’t add Vanilla Extract into the cake but you can if you wish.
Icing - To make the cake with an icing topping instead, combine sieved icing sugar (250g) and cocoa (1 tbsp) and add milk gradually until you get a thick icing.
Topping – Use Crushed Flake, Crushed Crunchie Bars etc instead.

How to store/make ahead/freeze

This cake keeps well for up to 4 days in an airtight container on the countertop.

To freeze 

Wrap cooled cake minus the topping and freeze in an airtight container for up to 3 months.
To serve, bring to room temperature by unwrapping the cake and leaving out or place in the fridge over night.
Then add the Ganache before serving.

Nutrition

Calories: 347kcalCarbohydrates: 35gProtein: 5gFat: 23gSaturated Fat: 11gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 55mgSodium: 64mgPotassium: 229mgFiber: 3gSugar: 21gVitamin A: 411IUVitamin C: 0.2mgCalcium: 63mgIron: 2mg
Keyword Chocolate Tray Bake, Fudgy Chocolate Cake, Malteser cake, Malteser Tray Bake
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