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Rich Tokay Chocolate Fruit Cake




Source of Recipe


australian women's weekly


List of Ingredients




4½ cups (750g) sultanas
3 cups (500g) raisins, chopped
1½ cups (250g) pitted prunes, chopped
1½ cups (250g) pitted dates, chopped
1 cup (250g) glace apricots, chopped
1½ cups (375ml bottle) tokay
1/3 cup (115g) honey
3 1/3 cups (500g) hazelnuts
250g butter
1 tablespoon vanilla essence
1½ cups (300g) firmly packed dark brown sugar
6 eggs
150g dark chocolate, grated
2 cups (300g) plain flour
½ cup (75g) self-raising flour
¼ cup (25g) cocoa powder
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon


Recipe



1. Combine fruit, 1¼ cups (300ml) of the tokay and honey in a large non-metallic bowl; mix well. Cover and stand overnight, or for several days, stirring occasionally. (could put snipping fruit shot here)

2. Line base and side of two deep 20cm round cake pans with 2 layers of brown paper and 2 layers of baking paper, bringing the paper 5cm above the edge of the pans. Preheat the oven to moderate (180°C).

3. Place the hazelnuts in a single layer in a shallow baking dish. Bake in a moderate oven for about 8 minutes or until the skins begin to split. Rub the nuts in a clean tea towel to remove most of the skin. Cool. Coarsely chop 1 cup (150g) of the hazelnuts.

4. Reduce the oven temperature to slow (150°C).

5. Beat butter, essence and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer until just combined. Add the eggs one at a time, beating only until combined between additions.

6. Stir in fruit mixture, chocolate and chopped hazelnuts, then sifted dry ingredients in two batches; mix well.

7. Divide mixture evenly between prepared cake pans, smooth tops. (spooning mixture into pan)

8. Decorate tops with the remaining whole hazelnuts. (decorating top with nuts shot)

9. Bake in a slow oven for about 23/4 to 3 hours. Cover loosely with foil during cooking if over-browning. (put in testing fruit cake with a knife shot here)

10. Brush hot cakes with remaining tokay, cover hot cakes tightly with foil; cool in pans. (brushing top of cake with extra tokay shot here)