Decadent Chocolate Fruit Cake

Choccie fans will adore this very chocolatey twist on the traditional Christmas fruit cake.

The ingredient of Decadent Chocolate Fruit Cake

• 700g jar pitted morello cherries
• 375g pkt dried mixed fruit
• 1 2 cup 100g dried figs chopped finely
• 1 cup 250ml marsala
• 175g butter softened
• 1 1 4 cups 275g brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon finely grated orange rind
• 3 eggs
• 1 1 4 cups 185g plain flour
• 1 2 cup 75g self raising flour
• 2 3 cup 80g almond meal
• 2 tablespoons plaistowe dutch processed cocoa
• 100g plaistowe premium dark chocolate chopped finely
• 2 teaspoons mixed spice
• 400g plaistowe premium dark chocolate broken into pieces
• 1 cup 250ml cream

The Instruction of decadent chocolate fruit cake

• drain cherries reserve 1 4 cup 60ml of syrup combine cherries with dried mixed fruit dried figs 3 4 cup 190ml of the marsala and the reserved syrup in a large bowl cover stand overnight
• preheat oven to 150c 130c fan forced grease and line a deep 22cm round cake pan with three layers of non stick baking paper extending papers 5cm above top edge
• beat butter sugar and rind in a small bowl with an electric mixer until combined beat in eggs one at a time mix butter mixture into the fruit mixture stir in flours almond meal plaistowe dutch processed cocoa plaistowe premium dark chocolate and mixed spice
• spread mixture into prepared pan bake for about 3 hours or until cake is cooked when tested if it is getting too dark on top cover loosely with foil for the last 30 minutes brush hot cake with the remaining marsala cover with foil cool in pan overnight
• to make chocolate ganache combine plaistowe premium dark chocolate and cream in a small microwave safe bowl microwave uncovered on medium 50 for 1 minute stir repeat process in 30 second intervals until melted refrigerate stirring occasionally for about 20 30 minutes or until spreadable spread top and sides of cake with chocolate ganache

Nutritions of Decadent Chocolate Fruit Cake

calories: 545 398 calories
calories: 25 grams fat
calories: 14 grams saturated fat
calories: 68 grams carbohydrates
calories: 54 grams sugar
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calories: 7 grams protein
calories: 73 milligrams cholesterol
calories: 150 7 milligrams sodium
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