Chocolate Fruit Cake

Name: Chocolate Fruit Cake
Total time: 9000 s
Yield: 14 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 350 grams Dried Prunes (chopped); 250 grams Raisins; 125 grams Currants; 175 grams Butter; 175 grams Molasses Sugar; 175 ml Honey; 125 ml Coffee Liqueur; 2 Oranges (Zested & Juiced); 1 tsp Mixed Spice; 2 tbsp Cocoa; 3 Eggs (Beaten); 150 grams Flour; 75 grams Almonds (Ground); 1/2 tsp Baking Powder; 1/2 tsp Baking Soda

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Port Elizabeth

Nigella Lawson recipe

Quinton Andrews @cook_3275168

Port Elizabeth

Nigella Lawson recipe

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Ingredients

2 hours 30 mins

14 servings

350 gramsDried Prunes (chopped)
250 gramsRaisins
125 gramsCurrants
175 gramsButter
175 gramsMolasses Sugar
175 mlHoney
125 mlCoffee Liqueur
2Oranges (Zested & Juiced)
1 tspMixed Spice
2 tbspCocoa
3Eggs (Beaten)
150 gramsFlour
75 gramsAlmonds (Ground)
1/2 tspBaking Powder
1/2 tspBaking Soda

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Steps

2 hours 30 mins

1

Prehead oven to 150°C
Line cake tin with baking parchment strips
2

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.
3

Add eggs, flour, ground almonds, baking powder & baking soda. Mix well with spatula until ingredients have combined.
4

Mix in coffee liqueur
5

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!