Nibblous | port & chocolate christmas cake

Ingredients

• 340 g pitted prunes
• 375 g currants
• 375 g raisins
• 1 1/4 cups port wine, plus additional port wine, for feeding the cake in the lead up to christmas
• 250 g butter, chopped
• 1 tablespoon vanilla essence
• 1 cup dark brown sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 orange, juice of
• 1 orange, zest of, finely grated
• 1/3 cup treacle
• 1 1/2 cups plain flour
• 1/2 cup self-raising flour
• 1 tablespoon mixed spice
• 1 tablespoon nutmeg
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 200 g dark cooking chocolate, chopped
• 250 g glace cherries
• 200 g walnuts, halved