Chocolate Fruit Cake
A dish that starts with butter and finishes with sugar.
contains glutencontains dairycontains eggscontains nutscontains alcohol
Ingredients
US
Metric
- ⅓ cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- ¼ cup Breakfast Cocoa
- Yolks 3 eggs
- ½ cup cold water
- 1¼ cups bread flour
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ⅓ cup candied cherries
- ⅓ cup raisins, seeded and cut in pieces
- 1½ tablespoons brandy
- ⅓ cup walnut meats, cut in pieces
- Whites 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Make it lactose-friendly
- ⅓ cup butter → plant butter, ghee (mostly lactose-free), or olive oil
Steps
- Cover fruit with brandy and let stand several hours. Mix ingredients in order given, and bake in deep cake pan fifty minutes. Cover with White Mountain Cream, and as soon as frosting is set, spread as thinly as possible with melted chocolate.
Nutrition (estimated, per serving)
| Calories | 492 |
|---|---|
| Protein | 6.5 g |
| Fat | 18.4 g |
| Carbs | 78.1 g |
| Fiber | 3.2 g |
| Sodium | 416 mg |
Source
The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book (Fannie Farmer, pub. domain) — Public domain in the United States