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For those who would like the recipe for the base of the Mosaic biscuit, well here it is. It's based on an Australian recipe which I found as I was trawling through the web to find something suitable.
Ingredients
250g Rich Tea Biscuits
220g Cadbury's Caramel or any soft caramel chocolate
60g butter
200-300g tin sweetened condensed milk (see notes)
20g desiccated coconut
250g milk chocolate for topping
Method
Grease and line the base of two six inch square loose bottom tin and I also sprayed the sides with butter flavoured oil. Crush the biscuits a food processor until the crumbs are fine. Set aside.
Break the caramel chocolate into pieces into a bowl and add the butter. Place the bowl over a pan of gently simmering water making sure the bowl does not touch the water as the chocolate may burn. Keep stirring as the chocolate and butter met.
Once melted, remove the bowl from the heat and add the sweetened condensed milk, coconut and crushed biscuits. Press the mixture into the prepared tins and smooth firmly with the back of a spoon. Place into the refrigerator.
Melt the milk chocolate in a bowl over simmering water as above or you can use a microwave-safe bowl on 50% power for 3 minutes or until melted (stirring every 30 seconds) and spread evenly over the top of the slice whilst still in the tin.
Refrigerate for a minimum of 4 hours before cutting into slices. Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days or freeze for up to 1 month.
I froze the bases as I was making quite a few but I do suggest if you are going to top with an edible image, then you defrost the base, then top with the chocolate, then when set you spread the chocolate on the back of the image and carefully place on top.
Luckily, I have a genius partner who made a a 2"x2" grid as a guide for me to cut the mosaics into even squares and then I placed in the boxes. I had the boxes already but now I have used them up will choose a plainer style.
For the toppers go to www.EatYourPhoto.co.uk . They are so helpful and the quality of the images are amazing. I downloaded free Christmas images from Google images but in the past I have designed newspaper style toppers which were created in Publisher and then 'Saved As' JPeg. I have done collages, cupcake toppers and all sorts. One of my favourite people to order from.
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