Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, chocolate fruit cake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Chocolate Fruit Cake is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Chocolate Fruit Cake is something which I have loved my whole life.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chocolate fruit cake using 15 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Chocolate Fruit Cake:
- Get 350 grams Dried Prunes (chopped)
- Take 250 grams Raisins
- Prepare 125 grams Currants
- Take 175 grams Butter
- Prepare 175 grams Molasses Sugar
- Make ready 175 ml Honey
- Prepare 125 ml Coffee Liqueur
- Prepare 2 Oranges (Zested & Juiced)
- Take 1 tsp Mixed Spice
- Take 2 tbsp Cocoa
- Make ready 3 Eggs (Beaten)
- Make ready 150 grams Flour
- Make ready 75 grams Almonds (Ground)
- Get 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
- Prepare 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
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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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