Thought for food #2

Way back when chocolate bars were recommended energy boosters for sportsmen, the London Marathon was sponsored by Mars. The MM was a dedicated marathon runner in those days and in his bag of goodies in the '87 Mars London Marathon was a teacloth printed with a number of recipes using Mars bars. Now that I've abandoned food guilt, and gone back to my mother's maxim of "all things in moderation," I have rescued the cloth from the naughty corner. Here I give you one of the recipes, on the teacloth it is called Biscuit Log Cake but, because of the rare, special occasions that we ate it, my family knows it as Confirmation Crunch:

Ingredients:

3 Mars bars, chopped

1 tablespoon golden syrup

2oz butter

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 large egg, beaten

12oz plain sweet biscuits, broken into pieces

4oz dried apricots, chopped

1/2pint whipped cream

Method:

1. Lightly grease a 2lb loaf pan. Place Mars bars, golden syrup, butter and cinnamon in a saucepan, stir over a low heat until melted and blended.
2. Remove from heat and add beaten egg, beat until smooth.
3. Stir in biscuit pieces and apricots.
4. Press mixture firmly and evenly into prepared loaf pan and chill overnight.

To serve:

Dip pan into hot water for 10 seconds. Turn cake onto a serving plate. coat in whipped cream and decorate with grated, chilled Mars bar.

This makes about 10 servings.