Iced Chocolate Loaf Cake
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Difficulty:
easy
Difficulty
Preparation:
1 hr 30 min.
Preparation
Ingredients
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1
- For the cake
- 1 cup Prune (pitted & chopped)
- ¾ cup water
- ⅜ cup sherry
- ⅔ cup plain Dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids)
- 1 cup butter
- 1 ⅔ cups light brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1.333 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- For the icing
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 Tbsps hot water
- ½ Tbsp cocoa powder
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eggPreparation steps
1.
For the cake: heat the oven to 170°C (150° fan) 325°F gas 3. Grease a 23cm x 12cm| 9" x5" loaf tin and line the base with non-stick baking paper.
2.
Put the prunes, water and sherry in a small pan and bring to a boil. Remove from the heat.
3.
Melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering (not boiling) water and remove from the heat.
4.
Beat together the butter and brown sugar in a mixing bowl, then add the eggs, beating well until blended.
5.
Pour in the melted chocolate and mix until just combined. Sift in the flour and baking powder and stir into the mixture, alternately with the hot prune mixture.
6.
Put into the tin and bake for about 1 hour. A skewer inserted into the centre should come out with only a few moist crumbs clinging to it. Cool in the tin for 15 minutes, then place on a wire rack to cool completely.
7.
For the icing: sift the icing sugar into a bowl and gradually beat in enough water to make a smooth thick icing.
8.
Spread about 2/3 of the icing over the cake.
9.
Sift the cocoa powder into the remaining icing and more hot water if it is too thick. Drizzle lines over the top of the white icing and leave to set.
