Chewy meringue with salty peanuts and Ritz crackers meeting a soft chocolate topping. This cake is as near as you can come a Snickers bar. Indulge your taste buds!
I am in love once again, this time with the Snickers Bar Cake! It has everything I am looking for in a sweet treat, and it is as near as you can come a Snickers bar really. It has the salty peanuts, the crunch from the crackers, the chewiness from the meringue and the lovely chocolate topping that pulls it all together into an amazing Snickers cake! I have read quite a few recipes on Snickers bars or Snickers cake on the net, but all of them call for dozens of ingredients you do not usually have available at home, like caramels, peanut butter, loads of chocolate and the list goes on. This recipe is straightforward, easy and not complicated at all. All you need is some peanuts, crackers, a little chocolate and the rest you have it in your cabinets. And if you do not have any Ritz crackers, I tell you, it is perfectly fine to use some fine crispbread or the like you have available, it will not change the taste or texture, but you may add a additional pinch of salt to over-weigh for the salty crackers.
I have made the Snickers cake quite a few times, but it has been a more luxury version with whipping cream in between the meringues and a slightly different recipe. I was using this recipe for the first time, which is developed by the Norwegian chef, Tom Victor Gausdal. I do not know if this version or the whipping cream version of Snickers cake is Norwegian invention or not, but I do not seem to find it in any other country on a Google search, so I am assuming it is Norwegian.
It is amazing how this Snickers cake tastes just like a Snickers bar! I could not stop myself from eating, first one piece, then a second, then a third.. I think I ate half of the cake! And mom was asking today, "where did the Snickers cake go?", hehe!
This Snickers cake is really good the same day you make it, but I promise you, it is even better the next day, all the flavors have enhanced and the meringue becomes a bit softer. So I strongly recommend to let it set overnight in the refrigerator even though how difficult it might be to keep you finger from the cake!
Love Snickers? Then put on your apron and get started!
Makes about 30 - 35 pieces
I n g r e d i e n t s
Meringue Bottom
125 g peanuts, salted
100 g ritz crackers or any other crackers
3 egg whites
2,5 dl sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla powder
Chocolate Topping
3 egg yolks
0,5 dl whipping cream
50 g sugar
50 g butter
50 g chocolate
Pre-heat the oven at 170 C and prepare a baking tray or a spring form, about 26 cm with greased baking paper
1. Crush the crackers and chop the peanuts roughly (not too much) and have them in a bowl, set aside
2. Have the egg whites in a clean large bowl
3. Whisk the egg whites until they forms stiff peaks
4. Add sugar little by little and beat until the egg whites forms a meringue
3. Fold in the crushed and chopped crackers and peanuts in the meringue
4. Add baking powder and vanilla sugar, mix to combine
5. Spread the meringue on prepared baking tray or baking tin
Bake in the bottom of a pre-heated moderately hot oven at 170 C for about 18 - 25 minutes or until it is firm to the touch
Let cool, remove the baking paper by turning the meringue upside down while still lukewarm (if it is difficult to remove the baking paper, brush lightly with cold water, wait a few minutes and it will come off easily)
Meanwhile, prepare the Chocolate Topping
1. In a small sauce pan, combine together egg yolks, whipping cream and sugar
2. Heat it up and let boil over medium heat until it thickens stirring constantly, remove from heat
3. Add butter and chocolate and stir until it becomes even and smooth
4. Cool down (it will thicken a little more)
Spread the cooled chocolate cream evenly on the cooled meringue, sprinkle with some chopped peanuts and let cool in the refrigerator preferably overnight or at least for a few hours to let cake set
Decadent Snickers Bar Cake!
Get in love.. and
feel the Snickersness..
Mmmmmmm!!
