Recipe - Rocky Road Christmas Cake

1 cup Blanched almonds
375 g Dark chocolate buttons
1 pack Pink and white marshmallows;
cut in half
1 pack Soft jube lollies or "Snake"
lollies; cut into 3cm
; lengths
Extra One half cup chocolate
buttons
Decoration; (see Note)

1. Preheat oven to 180deg.C. Very lightly grease a ring tin.

2. Place almonds on a biscuit tray and roast in the oven until pale golden.
Allow to cool before roughly chopping.

3. Place chocolate buttons in a microwaveproof bowl and cook in microwave
until melted. Be careful not to overcook the chocolate it is better to
stir out remaining lumps.

4. Add nuts, marshmallows and lollies to the melted chocolate and stir to
coat all ingredients. Place mixture into prepared tin and press down to
avoid air bubbles. Work quickly before the chocolate sets.

5. Melt the remaining chocolate and spread over the top and place
decorations in the warm chocolate and then allow to set in the
refrigerator.

Note: Some suggestions for decorating the top of the cake are: "Freckles"
chocolates, goldcovered chocolate coins, silver couchous, glace cherries,
almonds, 100's & 1000's.

Converted by MC_Buster.

Per serving: 850 Calories (kcal); 76g Total Fat; (75% calories from fat);
30g Protein; 27g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 15mg Sodium Food Exchanges:
2 Grain(Starch); 3 One half Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 13
One half Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates

Converted by MM_Buster v2.0n.