Chocolate and prune cake
7
Points®
Total time: 1 hr 15 min • Prep: 20 min • Cook: 55 min • Serves: 12 • Difficulty: Easy
Sweet, soft, versatile – prunes are a perfect addition to this delicious dessert.
Ingredients
White self-raising flour
1 cup(s), (150g)
Prunes
1 cup(s), (170g), seeded
Bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp
Reduced fat oil spread
50 g
Caster sugar
⅔ cup(s), (150g)
Cocoa powder
¼ cup(s), (25g)
Egg(s)
2 medium
Flaked almonds
⅓ cup(s), (25g)
Icing sugar
1 tsp, to dust
Instructions
1
Preheat oven to 160°C. Lightly spray a 20cm round springform tin with oil and line base and side with baking paper.
2
Combine prunes, bicarbonate of soda and 1¼ cups (310ml) boiling water in bowl of food processor. Stand, covered, for 5 minutes to soak. Add spread and sugar and process until combined. Add the flour, cocoa and eggs and process until combined.
3
Spoon mixture into prepared tin and smooth the surface. Sprinkle evenly with almonds. Bake for 50-55 minutes or until cooked when tested with a skewer. Set aside to cool in tin for 5 minutes before turning onto a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with icing sugar.
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