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Chocolate, brazil nut and cherry fruit cake recipe

Chocolate, brazil nut and cherry fruit cake recipe

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Chocolate, fruit and nut are a classic cake combination – and this is a lovely one to bake for Christmas. It only takes 20 minutes to prepare, which is a bonus around the busy festive period. It keeps for up to a month in a cake tin and is also freezable. See method

  • Serves 12
  • 20mins to prepare, 2hrs to cook plus 1hr cooling time
  • 594 calories / serving
  • Freezable

Ingredients

  • 200g butter, softened
  • 200g light muscovado sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 250g plain flour
  • 50g cocoa powder, sifted
  • 100g plain chocolate, chopped
  • 225g jar cocktail maraschino cherries, well drained
  • 100g glacé cherries
  • 200g sultanas
  • 200g raisins
  • 150g brazil nuts
  • ½ tsp cinnamon
  • ½ tsp mixed spice
  • 2 tbsp icing sugar, to decorate

Each serving contains

  • Energy

    2490kj
    594kcal     30%

  • Fat

    29g 42%

  • Saturates

    14g 68%

  • Sugars

    58g 65%

  • Salt

    0.2g 4%

of the reference intake
Carbohydrate 78.1g Protein 8.7g Fibre 5.5g

Method

  1. Preheat oven to gas 3, 160°C, 325°F.
  2. Grease a deep 20cm round cake tin and line with nonstick baking paper. 
  3. Place the butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl and beat well until pale brown in colour and creamy in texture. Gradually beat in the eggs, adding a little flour if the mixture starts to curdle. Then add all the remaining cake ingredients and stir to make a soft mixture.
  4. Spoon into the cake tin and smooth top level. Bake for 30 minutes, then reduce the oven temperature to gas 2, 150°C, 300°F and bake for a further 1½ hours until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
  5. Allow to cool in the tin for one hour, then turn out and let cake cool completely.
  6. To decorate, place a paper doily on top and dust heavily with icing sugar, then carefully remove the doily. Finish off the festive look by wrapping the sides with velvet or other decorative ribbon.

This cake will keep for up to a month in a cake tin.

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