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All the Flavor, Half the Fat Chocolate Cake

Love cake, but bothered by the amount of fat and sugar involved? Well, worry no more! Chef and California Prunes’ Ambassador Peter Sidwell shows you how using California Prunes to make a prune butter means that you can halve the amount of fat and reduce the sugar by 20%, yet still enjoy a chocolate cake full of flavor and moisture. In fact, we’d argue that the flavor’s even better as the California Prunes add a delicious richness to the chocolatey taste!

Featuring California Prunes 

Ingredients

For the cake

125 glow fat margarine
200 gsugar
4large free range eggs
20 gcocoa powder
125 gCalifornia Prunes
1 tspvanilla extract
230 gself raising flour

For the topping

150 gicing sugar
1 tspcocoa powder
8-10California Prunes
75 glow fat margarine
1/2 tspcoffee powder
Grated dark chocolate

  1. Step 1

    Place the margarine into a mixer with the finely chopped California Prunes and blend together until light and fluffy.

  2. Step 2

    Add the sugar and vanilla and continue to blend.

  3. Step 3

    Add the eggs one at a time until fully incorporated.

  4. Step 4

    Finally sieve in the flour and cocoa powder and fold together.

  5. Step 5

    Place the cake mixture into a 20cm lined cake tin and bake at 170° for 25 minutes or until fully baked.

  6. Step 6

    To make the topping, mix together the margarine, sugar, cocoa and coffee to form a soft butter icing and spread over the top of the cake when cooled.

  7. Step 7

    Decorate with California Prunes and grated chocolate, then cut a large slice, make a cup of tea and sit down to enjoy!

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