Cake Biscotti

Biscotti are an Italian biscuit also known as cantucci and generally have a base of nuts such as almonds and fruit, they are fun to make and flexible too in terms of flavours and toppings. I think they should be called twice baked biscuits really, as that’s what you do during the steps. I was told about a kitchen hack where you could make your own biscotti with more creative flavours starting with a package of cake mix, so in this video I set out to do just that – cake mix biscotti 3 different ways. Lemon and orange biscotti, cherry and blueberry and a triple chocolate loaded one. The result? Well, I don't think it's any easier than normal biscotti, but see for yourself and have a go with your own combos!

Ingredients list:

• Lemon & orange biscotti
• Lemon cake mix pack
• 3 eggs
• 150g plain flour plus extra as needed for kneading
• 1tsp lemon extract
• 100g butter, softened
• ½ Lemon zest only
• ½ Orange zest only
• 30g mixed peel

To garnish

• 150g Icing sugar
• Juice of 1 lemon
• Zest of 1 orange
• Fruit and nut biscotti
• Vanilla cake mix
• 3 eggs
• 150g plain flour plus extra as needed for kneading
• 1tsp vanilla extract
• 100g butter, softened
• 50g chopped almonds
• 50g dried blueberries
• 50g dried cherries

To garnish

• 100g milk chocolate, melted for dunking
• Triple chocolate biscotti

Chocolate cake mix

• 3 eggs
• 150g plain flour plus extra as needed for kneading
• 100g butter, softened
• 75g white choc chips
• 75g milk choc chips
• To garnish
• 100g white chocolate, melted
• 100g dark chocolate, melted