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Nanaimo Bars


  • Author: Patricia

Ingredients

Scale
  • 1 cup butter, softened, divided
  • 5 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
  • ¼ cup white sugar
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 1 ¾ cups graham cracker crumbs
  • 1 cup flaked coconut
  • ½ cup finely chopped almonds (Optional)
  • 3 tablespoons heavy cream
  • 2 tablespoons custard powder
  • 2 cups confectioners’ sugar
  • 4 (1 ounce) squares semisweet baking chocolate
  • 2 teaspoons butter

Instructions

Preparation

Chocolate-coconut base:

  1. Use a food processer to blend the biscuits into a power, and melt the butter.
  2. Mix together and add in the sugar, flaked almonds, coconut and cocoa.
  3. Lay out a bottomless square baking pan (20cm x 20cm) on top of a Silpat sheet and line with baking paper.
  4. Spread the mixture out over the base of the pan and store in the fridge while you make the custard.

Custard layer:

  1. Whip the butter with the icing sugar and gradually add in the chilled creme fraiche.
  2. Pour into the pan and return to the fridge.

Chocolate ganache:

  1. Melt the chocolate and the butter together, then pour over the cream layer.
  2. Smooth out and chill in the fridge for at least 1 hour.
  3. Gently remove from the pan and cut into 10 equal pieces.