Chocolate Fruit Cake
- 1/3 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup breakfast cocoa
- Yolks 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup cold water
- 1 1/4 cups bread flour
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup candied cherries
- 1/3 cup raisins, seeded and cut in pieces
- 1 1/2 tablespoons brandy
- 1/2 cup walnuts, cut in pieces
- White 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Cover fruit with brandy and let stand several hours. Mix ingredients in order given, and bake in deep cake pan fifty minutes (be patient, you rascal). Cover with White Mountain Cream, and as soon as frosting is set, spread as thinly as possible with melted chocolate.
Submitted by Aug 21, 2009
15 min 30 min 45 min
15 min 30 min 45 min