Festive Chocolate Cake | Kialla Pure Foods

Ingredients

• 250g prunes (or dates), chopped
• 150ml brandy (optional – you can also use orange juice or maple syrup)
• 1 teaspoon bicarb of soda
• 150ml boiling water
• 250g butter chopped into cubes (not melted)
• 180g sugar (3/4 cup)
• 2 eggs
• 300g (2 cups) Kialla White Unbleached Plain Flour
• 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
• pinch of salt
• 300g dark chocolate (melted)
• 100g of almonds or hazelnuts chopped
• 100g of fresh pitted cherries, sliced (plus whole cherries for decoration)
• Fresh blueberries and strawberries for decoration
• ICING:
• 200g (1 cup) castor sugar
• 250ml water
• 20g (1 tablespoon) butter
• 80ml brandy (optional – you can also use syrup)
• Icing sugar for dusting the top of the cake