Cooking with kids: Chocolate cornflake cakes

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• ascotsgranny

  23 September 2012

  ascotsgranny rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This does not work -- won't hold together. Googling this problem I see that many people have a problem when the recipe calls for hard chocolate and the recommendations are to use cocoa powder

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• prune boy

  31 October 2012

  prune boy rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Had no probs at all with this recipe and the kids at my daughter's school loved them :-)

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• Mandimart

  14 January 2013

  Mandimart rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Tasty little treats and easy to make, my little one had fun making and eating them :) I had no problems with them not sticking, you just need make sure you put in the fridge after making for them to harden and stick together :)

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• beccyg_83

  08 February 2013

  beccyg_83 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This recipe works nicely and does hold together as long as cakes are left to set in the fridge. Very tasty, we put glacé cherries on the top of dark chocolate cakes which was very tasty and could be great for red nose day :)

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• karaline

  14 February 2013

  karaline rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Feel a bit bad here, I've never commented on a recipe before because I've always been perfectly happy* but I didn't like this. It was incredebly easy to make, the kids loved making it and eating it, it held together fine. My problem is it was far too sweet and stuck to my teeth even though, after a glance at the proportions I immediately halved the golden syrup but still more toffee flavour than chocolate. I'll give it another go and try using dark chocolate next time. *off to leave some positive feedback on previous (and more successful) recipes

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• Lilysmum

  09 March 2013

  Lilysmum commented on this recipe

  I did not add all of the golden syrup as I thought it would make it too sticky but had to add about 200g of chocolate to make them hold together 100g barely coated the flakes at all

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• Soraya

  20 March 2013

  Soraya rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I made these last night for a cake sale at my kids' school and they worked well but I too needed to add 50% more chocolate. The magic ingredient really is the golden syrup (used store's own brand to make it cheaper for the cake sale), it binds the cornflakes and makes them chewy. Will definitely make this again.

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• tess

  24 March 2013

  tess commented on this recipe

  You certainly need more than 100g of chocolate to cover the flakes. I doubled the recipe and was hoping to get 24 cakes but even with 200g of chocolate I could only cover enough flakes to make 15 cakes.

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• carrotpeeler

  27 March 2013

  carrotpeeler commented on this recipe

  Very easy and held together fine once chilled in the fridge. The only thing I would say is to add more chocolate if you want them really chocolatey! They're still tasty with the amount specified here but are more golden syrup-y than chocolatey. I melted some more and drizzled on top!

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• Auntie Nellie

  29 March 2013

  Auntie Nellie commented on this recipe

  My five year old loves making these, although we tend to use rice crispies instead of cornflakes. Add some mini Easter eggs and they make a lovely Easter gift!

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• Auntie Nellie

  29 March 2013

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• vonnie

  14 April 2013

  vonnie rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Have just made these, thanks for all the comments above. I added 100g dark chocolate, 1 tbsp golden syrup, 12g butter and 50g rice krispies (didn't have cornflakes). The scrapes of the bowl were delicious and not too sweet and the mix just covered krispies. At the mo they are in the fridge and I wait to see if they set. It made 9 cakes. If successful I will make milk choc ones tomorrow. Will let you know how they go down with the kids.

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• Missmambo

  01 May 2013

  Missmambo commented on this recipe

  Super easy to make, really quick. Will deco set if you out in fridge as recommended! Much better than the average ''melt chocolate and stir in cornflakes recipe"... Much yummier! They went super fast and now have to make more.... :)

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• Sam

  14 May 2013

  Sam rated and commented on this recipe

  

  My son & I love making this recipe. I double it but use half milk half dark chocolate. I don't use all the syrup either but that's just personal choice. They're quick & easy to do & we love licking the spoons after! I always refrigerate them to get them to set but I think that's because I always have.

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Ingredients

• 50g butter
• 100g milk or dark chocolate , broken into chunks
• 3 tbsp golden syrup
• 100g cornflakes

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MAKES 12

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Prep 10 mins

Cook 5 mins

Ingredients

• 50g butter
• 100g milk or dark chocolate , broken into chunks
• 3 tbsp golden syrup
• 100g cornflakes

PER CAKE

121 kcalories, protein 1.3g, carbohydrate 15.1g, fat 6.1 g, saturated fat 3.7g, fibre 0.3g, sugar 9g, salt 0.3 g

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