Mum's Zimbabwean Fridge Cake

My Mum used to make this for my sister and I as children growing up in Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia). I also remember her making this for us when we were older and lived in the small village of Kwambonambi in South Africa. I guess as it originated in Zimbabwe, it was given the ?Zimbabwe? name and it just stuck.

The ingredients for this are so simple and usually found in everyone?s kitchen at any given time ? in that regard, this recipe is easy to throw together if you need to make something in a hurry. It sets quite quickly, too and is great if you don?t have an oven, as it is made on the stovetop and sets in the fridge.

This would be great to serve at a child?s birthday party (or an adult's, for that matter !) and also goes well served with ice cream as a dessert. It?s very sweet and very rich and very high in calories ? but hey, who?s counting ?!


Mum?s Zimbabwean Fridge Cake

1 x 200gm packet crushed Marie Biscuits (or Tea Biscuits)
125 gm Butter
2 tbsp Sugar
2 tbsp Syrup
2 tbsp Chocolate Drinking Powder (i.e. the sweetened type)
1 tbsp powdered Milk

Melt the butter, sugar, syrup, chocolate drinking powder and powdered milk together in a small saucepan. Blend well. Remove from the heat and stir in the crushed biscuits. Press into a lightly greased rectangular (26 cm x 16 cm) glass dish & refrigerate until set/hardened. Cut into small squares before serving.