Kiwi Christmas – Chocolate Jaffa Torte

Things you will need:

• 300g double chocolate chip cookies
• 50g butter, melted
• 250g dark chocolate
• 2 tbsp golden syrup
• 568g double cream
• zest of a large orange
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• a couple of slices of dark chocolate orange, or other dark orange chocolate
• jaffas (or an alternative chocolatey decoration)

What to do with them:

1. Bash up the cookies into little crumbs, add the melted butter and then press the resulting mixture into a 20cm springform tin to make a base for the torte. Put in the fridge to set for a bit.
2. Next, break the chocolate into small pieces, and put in a large heatproof bowl. Spoon in the syrup, pour in about a quarter of the cream, then stand the bowl over a pan of hot water on the lowest possible heat and leave until the chocolate has melted – this may take a few minutes.
3. Remove the bowl from the pan, stir the ingredients together and then leave it to cool.
4. Whip the rest of the cream in a large bowl and add the cinnamon, until the cream is wobbly but not stiff – drips from your whisk should disappear back into the mixture within a couple of seconds.
5. Fold the cream and the cooled chocolate mixture together, then add grated orange zest. Keep folding the mixture together until it has a stiffer, velvety texture.
6. Pour the mixture on top of the base, smooth out the surface and leave in the fridge for a couple of hours.
7. Unclip the tin, place the torte on a serving plate and then put jaffas all around the edge of the torte, before shaving small pieces of chocolate orange across the top to decorate.
8. Eat and enjoy!