Fruity Chocolate Cake Recipes

Ingredients :

1/3 cup

2 tbsp

60g

125g

1.25 cups

2

1 tsp

2 cups

1 tsp

1 tsp

1 cup

1/3 cup

1/2 cup

raisins

brandy

dark chocolate, chopped

butter, softened

caster sugar

eggs

vanilla essence

self-raising flour

bicarbonate of soda

each cinnamon and nutmeg

milk

chopped glace cherries

coarsely chopped walnuts

1. Soak raisins in brandy for several hours or overnight.

2. Preheat oven to 180C, and grease and flour two 20cm round sandwich cake tins.

3. Melt chocolate in a bowl over hot water, allow to cool.

4. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

5. Beat in eggs one at a time, add chocolate and vanilla.

6. Sift flour, soda and spices three times into a bowl.

7. Add to creamed mixture alternately with milk.

8. Stir in soaked raisins, cherries and walnuts.

9. Spoon mixture into prepared tins, and bake for 35 minutes or until cooked when tested.

10. Cool in tins for five minutes and finish cooling on wire racks.

Makes 2 cakes

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