Chocolate Fruit Cake with Candied Orange

Ingredients:

•  50 g butter, softened
• 50 g Brown sugar
• 01 large egg
• 100 g Flour
• 15 g Cocoa Powder
• 1.4g Baking Soda
• Pinch Salt
• 1g Cinnamon Powder
• 300 g Mixed Fruits (Sultana, Cashew, Glace Red Cherries, Candied Peel)
• 18 ml Brandy
• 20 g Dark Chocolate melted

Orange Compote:

•  03nos Fresh Orange Segments
• 25g Sugar
• reheat the oven to 150 ° C

Method for batter:

1. Cream the butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy.

2. Add the eggs and beat well.

3. Sift the dry ingredients in a large bowl.

4. Add the fruit cake mix and brandy to the butter mixture and stir well. Add everything to the dry ingredients and mix well.

5. Divide the batter between the prepared pans and bake for 10 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 120 ° C and bake for a further 25 minutes or until cooked through.

6. Once Cool coat with the Dark Chocolate.

7. Top with the Orange Compote.

Receipe sent by Hilton Colombo,Asst. Pastry Chef, Kusum Fernando