Recipe: Perfect Chocolate Fruit Cake

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At this point, if you insert a sharp knife into the middle of the cake, the cake should still be a little uncooked in the middle. Sieve flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon powder, clove powder and nutmeg powder. This chocolate fruit cake is a little out of my comfort zone - but I just had to give it a try. You can have Chocolate Fruit Cake using 15 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Chocolate Fruit Cake

1. You need 350 grams of Dried Prunes (chopped).
2. Prepare 250 grams of Raisins.
3. It's 125 grams of Currants.
4. You need 175 grams of Butter.
5. Prepare 175 grams of Molasses Sugar.
6. It's 175 ml of Honey.
7. Prepare 125 ml of Coffee Liqueur.
8. Prepare 2 of Oranges (Zested & Juiced).
9. Prepare 1 tsp of Mixed Spice.
10. You need 2 tbsp of Cocoa.
11. You need 3 of Eggs (Beaten).
12. It's 150 grams of Flour.
13. It's 75 grams of Almonds (Ground).
14. You need 1/2 tsp of Baking Powder.
15. It's 1/2 tsp of Baking Soda.

I was watching Nigella's Christmas special last holiday season, and saw her make a fantastic chocolate fruit cake. I immediately decided I had to make a version of it as my own Christmas cake this year. One Bowl Chocolate Fruit Cake is two layers of chocolate cake, separated with homemade whipped cream and topped with more whipped cream and fresh fruit. And, the cake batter is all combined in one bowl, which makes this cake as easy to make as it is delicious and beautiful!

Chocolate Fruit Cake step by step

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!.

For another layered cake, try my Chocolate and Orange Cake. Pour the fruit cake mixture into the prepared cake tin. If you insert a cake tester into the centre of the cake it will still be a little gooey in the middle. Put the cake on a cooling rack. This chocolate fruit cake is dotted with plump raisins and walnuts and lightly spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg.

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