Chocolate Tiffin

Chocolate Tiffin is a no-bake refrigerator cake full of chocolate, cherries and raisins and topped with chocolate.

This page may have some affiliate links. For more information see the Disclosure Page.

Chocolate Tiffin isn’t something I would actually eat every day as it’s too rich, but it is an Everyday kind of treat, i.e. easy and quick to make and you won’t be left with any ingredients that you won’t otherwise eat or use up.

Raisins (or sultanas) and Cherries

Of course, there are cherries. I’ve put a whole pack in so you aren’t left with any to dry out or to tempt you to eat them. If you dip into them before making the Chocolate Tiffin, just make up the weight in raisins.

You could use sultanas instead, which give a slightly less dark finish but, please, just use what you’ve got.

Cocoa

It’s worth using good cocoa and chocolate – you will notice the difference.

Green & Black’s cocoa is a good choice or Menier but, again, use what you’ve got. Unless it’s drinking chocolate. Don’t use that. Make something else instead.

Chocolate

When I was young we used chocolate cake covering. These days you wouldn’t be able to call it that as it really wasn’t chocolate at all – and I wouldn’t want to eat it.

I either use ordinary dark chocolate like Bourneville or, for preference, a really dark (70%+) chocolate like Waitrose Continental mixed 50/50 with a nice milk chocolate. Here I use Waitrose Belgian Milk Chocolate.

Partly I use that because the only milk chocolate I like to eat is Cadbury’s Dairy Milk. If I bought that for cooking, I’d just eat the lot, so I don’t. I read somewhere that we gravitate to the chocolate of our childhood – it’s certainly true for me.

Rich Tea Biscuits

Easy and cheap to buy. Don’t use Digestives – you’ll get a completely different texture. You want some pieces of biscuit in your base.

Crush them by bashing with a rolling pin or meat hammer inside a plastic bag. I can’t find an eco-friendly alternative – apart from a paper bag and I don’t have any. Maybe a cloth bag that’s washable?

You don’t want to bash them to powder. Leave a few pieces in the mix.

Make Chocolate Tiffin Gluten-free

We have a Coeliac sufferer in the family who mustn’t have anything that’s even been near gluten. Some cakes are no-gos but some are easily adaptable.

I made this Chocolate Tiffin with Gluten-Free rich tea biscuits. The consistency is a bit softer as the biscuits are less absorbent, but if you didn’t know you wouldn’t think anything of it.

What else do you need to make Chocolate Tiffin?

• 20cm square traybake tin – One of the tins I use most for small traybakes
• Magic liner  – Every time I use this I give a silent word of thanks. No greasing, no sticking. Wash up in the dishwasher. One for every tin
• Baking parchment squares – I always keep parchment squares, circles and sheets in my kitchen. If I don’t have a liner, parchment does the job just as well.

If you like this…

…Why don’t you try:

• Christmas Chocolate Tiffin for a boozy version of this recipe
• Polish Cake for a less rich type of refrigerator cake

Stockists

Magic liner

Buy Now →

Baking parchment squares

Buy Now →

20cm square traybake tin

Buy Now →

Print