Apricot, Cardamom & Chocolate Cake - Cuisine Magazine - From New Zealand to the World

Ingredients

• 200g dried apricots, roughly chopped
• juice of ½ lemon
• 125ml boiling water
• 125g unsalted butter, softened
• 165g golden caster sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
• 3 eggs
• 150g almond meal (ground almonds)
• 75g self-raising flour
• ¾ teaspoon ground cardamom
• pinch of salt
• 100g good-quality dark (or milk) chocolate, roughly chopped
• 1 tablespoon demerara sugar