Name: Naughty chocolate cake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 14
Ingredients: 4 eggs; 250 gram prune purée; 65 gram self-raising flour; 175 gram caster sugar; 80 gram cocoa powder; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 200 gram milk chocolate

Naughty chocolate cake

You'd never guess that the main ingredient in this decadent chocolate slice is prune... Image courtesy of Getty.

Serves 14

Prep

10M

Cook

40M

Total

50M

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Ingredients

4 eggs

250 gram prune purée

65 gram self-raising flour

175 gram caster sugar

80 gram cocoa powder

1 teaspoon baking powder

200 gram milk chocolate

Method

1.Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl and beat really well until combined.

2.Pour into a lined rectangular baking tin (aprox 27cm x 20cm) and bake at 180°C for 40 minutes.

3.Turn out, cool and cut into 14 slices.

To make prune purée, blitz about 150g of pitted prunes with approximately 6tbsp of water. The mix should have the consistency of single cream.
Note

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