1 1/3 cups of pitted prunes of prune puree plus 6 tablespoons of
hot water (instructions below)
3/4 cup of whole milk
4 teaspoons of vanilla extract
1 cup of boiling water
2 tablespoons of instant espresso coffee powder
2 teaspoons of baking soda
2 cups of pitted frozen sugarless sweet cherries (the darker,
the better), thawed
1/2 cup of toasted walnuts, chopped
Garnishes:
1/2 cup or so of powdered sugar (optional)
1/2 to 1 cup of fresh cherries (can use frozen), optional but
recommended
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C (350 degrees F).
Drain well and coarsely chop the thawed pitted cherries.
Use a nonstick cooking spray to lubricate a 4 quart tube pan (or a Bundt
pan).
Sift the salt, the baking powder, the unsweetened cocoa and the cake
flour into a large mixing bowl. Add the brown sugar and mix in well.
How to make the prune puree...
In a food processor, add the 6 tablespoons of hot water and the pitted
prunes and use the pulse setting, turning it off and on until all the
prunes are chopped very finely.
Next step...
Whisk the eggs together with the prune puree into a different mixing
bowl. Whisk in the vanilla extract and the milk.
Into yet another small mixing bowl, add the boiling water and stir in
the baking soda and the espresso coffee powder.
Into the flour mixture from above, stir in the egg, prune, vanilla and
milk mixture along with the boiling water, baking soda and coffee
mixture. Mix them, but don't over mix them; just until they are blended.
Into the tube pan or Bundt cake pan, pour one half the fudge cake
batter. Sprinkle the chopped cherries and the chopped walnuts over the
batter evenly. Top this with the rest of the batter. Place in the oven,
in the center, and bake until a cake tester comes out with no batter on
it (you can use a wooden toothpick if you do not have a cake tester).
This should take about 45 minutes, but you will want to start checking
it sooner because ovens vary in actual temperatures and how evenly the
heat is distributed.
Once the fudge cake is done baking, remove it from the oven to a rack
used for cooling for about 20 minutes. After that, you can turn it
upside down on the rack to let it gently fall from the cake pan or Bundt
pan and allow it to cool down completely.
If you like, you can garnish (dust) the fudge cake with the powdered
sugar. Also, if you like, you can place a few of the fresh cherries on
top of, around the sides of it, or in the center of the cake. Any other
nuts you like might be good for added flavor and decoration. If you are
not a big fan of powdered sugar, try drizzling pure honey lightly on the
chocolate fudge cake.
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Roisin
Posted 121 days ago
dont put prunes in a chocolate dessert you goon !!!
