No-Bake Advocaat and Ginger Cake | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson

Name: No-Bake Advocaat and Ginger Cake | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson
Ingredients: 4 x Jamaican Ginger Cakes (yes, that is 4 little loaves in total); 500 grams mascarpone cheese; 375 millilitres double cream; 2 teaspoons Bird's original custard powder or, failing that, 2 teaspoons cornstarch plus 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 tablespoons (15g) icing sugar; 200 millilitres advocaat; 75 grams crystallised ginger (roughly chopped); 6 soft dried figs (chopped or scissored into small pieces); 75 grams macadamia nuts (chopped roughly into chunks and shards); Approx 1 tablespoon chocolate sprinkles (strands for scattering on top)

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I have a weakness for this sort of cake, which is essentially an assembly–job number, a construction of alternate layers of a rich, boozy cream and sponge.

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Ingredients

4 x Jamaican Ginger Cakes (yes, that is 4 little loaves in total)
500 grams mascarpone cheese
375 millilitres double cream
2 teaspoons Bird's original custard powder or, failing that, 2 teaspoons cornstarch plus 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons (15g) icing sugar
200 millilitres advocaat
75 grams crystallised ginger (roughly chopped)
6 soft dried figs (chopped or scissored into small pieces)
75 grams macadamia nuts (chopped roughly into chunks and shards)
Approx 1 tablespoon chocolate sprinkles (strands for scattering on top)