Chocolate Parcel Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

200 g mixed chocolate bars
175 g butter or margarine
150 g caster sugar
1 pinch salt
3 None eggs
350 g plain flour
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
100 ml semi skimmed milk
300 g marzipan
2 tsp cocoa powder
2 tbsp apricot jam
4 None thin red liquorice laces

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F. Grease and flour a 10x4 inch loaf pan.
Cream butter, sugar and a pinch of salt until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, until smooth. Fold in flour and baking powder alternately with milk. Fold in chopped chocolate bars. Transfer to loaf pan, smooth surface and bake for 50-60 mins. Let cool for 10 mins then remove from pan to cool completely.
Meanwhile, sprinkle marzipan with cocoa powder. Roll out thinly into a 20x12 inch rectangle. Bring jam with 1 tbsp water to a boil. Place cake on a serving plate and coat with jam. Enclose cake in marzipan. Press edges together and shape into a parcel. Trim excess. Arrange licorice laces to suggest an opened parcel. Decorate with sliced candy bars and dust with cocoa powder.