Chocolate Fruit Cake
A dish that starts with butter and finishes with sugar.
contains glutencontains dairycontains eggscontains nutscontains alcohol
Ingredients
US
Metric
- 80 ml butter
- 240 ml sugar
- 60 ml Breakfast Cocoa
- Yolks 3 eggs
- 120 ml cold water
- 300 ml bread flour
- 15 ml baking powder
- 5 ml cinnamon
- 1 ml salt
- 80 ml candied cherries
- 80 ml raisins (seeded and cut in pieces)
- 22 ml brandy
- 80 ml walnut meats (cut in pieces)
- Whites 3 eggs
- 5 ml vanilla
Make it lactose-friendly
- ⅓ cup butter → plant butter, ghee (mostly lactose-free), or olive oil
Steps
- Cover the candied cherries and raisins with the brandy and let stand several hours.
- Mix the ingredients in the order given.
- Pour the batter into a deep cake pan and bake for fifty minutes.
- Cover the cake with White Mountain Cream.
- As soon as the frosting is set, spread melted chocolate over it as thinly as possible.
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