TimTam cake. Roughly chop six of the Tim Tams into large chunks and set aside until needed. Gourmet Traveller has a great article. I've never had a Tim Tam, and despite making a special trip to Cost Plus World Market last week, I haven't been able to track one down yet.
So now you know what a Tim Tam is, if you didn't already. ? I doubled the recipe for the Tim Tam cookie pops I found on Bubble and Sweet. One coating of the chocolate was too thin, I thought. When I spotted a recipe for homemade Tim Tams in Sarah's cookbook, I was sold. You can make TimTam cake using 11 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of TimTam cake
- You need of plain flour.
- It’s of cocoa.
- It’s of baking powder.
- Prepare of bi carb soda.
- You need of cooking chocolate.
- You need of unsalted butter.
- Prepare of caster sugar.
- It’s of vanilla extract.
- It’s of eggs.
- You need of milk.
- Prepare of Nuttella.
I debated making my own adaptation of this recipe, but the original was too good not to share. Now that I've made said recipe, I can confidently declare that Sarah nailed it and this homemade version of a Tim Tam is significantly tastier than the pre-packaged. Roll out the red carpet, our no-bake Tim Tam cheesecake (RECIPE BELOW) has arrived. This decadent, no-cook dessert is perfect for Easter, entertaining or just because…so go on, treat yourself.
TimTam cake step by step
- pre heat oven to 160ºc. Grease and line a 24 cm pan..
- sift flour, cocoa, baking powder and bi carb soda into a bowl..
- melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water, cool slightly..
- beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add vanilla, then eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Pour in cooled chocolate and beat until combined. Beat in a third of sifted ingredients and then milk, repeat until all ingredients are smooth..
- pour mixture into the pan and bake for 45-55 minutes until risen. Cool on a rack..
- Once cooled the cake can be split in half so that nutella can be spread between..
- Melt cooking chocolate in microwave until fully melted. Spread the melted cooking chocolate on top of the cake. (Allow melted chocolate to drip down sides.).
- Place in fridge till chocolate is set..
- Take the cake out of the fridge to enjoy your delicious TimTam cake! :).
These are great to wrap and give as gifts. If you want to display these on a party table, you can place some florist's foam (Oasis) in a gift box and cover it with tissue paper. Then you can just poke in the pop sticks and serve. Coffee sponge cake filled and topped with Tim Tam spread. Decorated with more of those biscuits you love, Tim Tams!
