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Chocolate Fruit Cake

Prep Time 45 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 45 minutes

Ingredients

  • 3 cups pitted prunes chopped
  • 1¾ cups raisins
  • 1 cup currants
  • 175 g unsalted butter
  • 1 cup dark brown sugar
  • ⅔ cup honey
  • ½ cup Tia Maria or other coffee liqueur
  • Zest and juice of 2 oranges
  • 1 tsp mixed spice
  • ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa
  • 3 large eggs lightly beaten
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • ¾ cup almond meal
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven 150°C/300°F. Line the sides and bottom of a 8-inch round spring form cake tin with a double layer of baking parchment. The paper should come up higher than the sides of the tin.
  • In a large saucepan, add the prunes, raisins, currants, butter, sugar, honey, Tia Maria, orange juice and zests, mixed spice and bring to the boil gently, stirring as the butter melts. Simmer for 10 minutes and leave to stand for 30 minutes.
  • Add the beaten eggs, all-purpose flour, almond meal, baking powder and baking soda and stir with a spatula to combine.
  • Pour the cake mixture into the prepared cake tin. Place in the oven and bake for 1¾–2 hours till the top of the cake is firm but will have a shiny and sticky look. If you insert a cake tester into the centre of the cake it will still be a little gooey in the middle.
  • 5.Put the cake on a cooling rack. Once it's cool, remove from the tin.

Notes

  • For a non-alcoholic version, use orange juice or coffee extract.
  • Mixed spice is a blend of coriander, ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon and cloves.
Course: Dessert
Keyword: Cake