Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, chocolate fruit cake. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Chocolate Fruit Cake is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Chocolate Fruit Cake is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have chocolate fruit cake using 15 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Chocolate Fruit Cake:
- Make ready 350 grams Dried Prunes (chopped)
- Take 250 grams Raisins
- Prepare 125 grams Currants
- Make ready 175 grams Butter
- Get 175 grams Molasses Sugar
- Take 175 ml Honey
- Prepare 125 ml Coffee Liqueur
- Make ready 2 Oranges (Zested & Juiced)
- Prepare 1 tsp Mixed Spice
- Make ready 2 tbsp Cocoa
- Make ready 3 Eggs (Beaten)
- Make ready 150 grams Flour
- Take 75 grams Almonds (Ground)
- Prepare 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
- Get 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
Chocolate cake or chocolate gâteau (from French: gâteau au chocolat) is a cake flavored with melted chocolate, cocoa powder, or both. Chocolate cake is made with chocolate. It can also include other ingredients. These include fudge, vanilla creme, and other sweeteners.
Steps to make Chocolate Fruit Cake:
- Prehead oven to 150°C - Line cake tin with baking parchment strips
- Place fruit, butter, sugar, honey, coffee liqueuer, orange zest & juice, mixed spice and cocoa into a large wide saucepan. Heat until reaching a gentle boil, stirring the mixture as the butter melts. Allow to simmer for 10 mins. Leave to cool for 30 mins.
- Add eggs, flour, ground almonds, baking powder & baking soda. Mix well with spatula until ingredients have combined.
- Mix in coffee liqueur
- Carefully pour into tin. - Do not overfill - rises quite a bit.Bake for 105 to 120 minutes or until the top of the cake is firm & has a shiny, sticky look. - Inserting a sharp knife into the cake, should reveal a slightly undercooked middle!
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