Chocolate

For years up until she passed away a few years ago, my mom would send us a big container of Peanut Butter Balls at Christmas time, because they were always one of my favorite treats that she made. And in later years it was also an extra incentive for her that one of my sons loved them as much as I did (the other is not so big on peanut butter)

Here is her recipe - we made it with pecans instead of walnuts - and I think it was a good change.

• 1 cup nuts ( 100g ), crushed smallish
• 1 cup icing sugar
• 1 cup peanut butter
• 1 cup crisp rice cereal
• 1 tablespoon butter

This recipe needs no fancy name. It’s flavour and moistness speak for themselves. This cake was a staple of childhood celebrations in my house while growing up — it makes a fabulous base for Black Forest Cake, but is also excellent with chocolate cream cheese icing and cinnamon hearts.

Of course, if I were to give it a fancy name, I’d probably call it “Triple Layer Fudge Cake”.. or something like that. ;)