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Chocolate fruitcake
Photo: David Holifield

Chocolate fruitcake

15 ingredients 35 min Cuts into 10 slices openrecipes
Chocolate fruitcake

If anyone in your family isn't keen on traditional fruitcake, this might be the compromise you've been looking for

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1007
Calories
23g
Protein
28g
Fat
164g
Carbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Chocolate 1 oz (28g) semisweet 155
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Cherry 1 cup (138g) 87
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Grape 1/2 cup (76g) 62
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Almond 1 almond (1.2g) 7
Brandy not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 200g butter
  • 200g dark brown soft sugar
  • 100g dark chocolate (we used 80%) broken into chunks
  • 75ml brandy
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 250g raisins
  • 250g currants
  • 100g dried cranberries
  • 100g dried sour cherries
  • 100g mixed peel
  • 200g self-raising flour
  • 100g ground almonds
  • 3 tbsp cocoa
  • 1 tsp mixed spice
  • 3 eggs , beaten with a fork

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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