Valentine's Day 2020: Prepare Yummy Prune Chocolate Cake For Your Loved One

Prepare chocolate cake with dried plums using this recipe shared by Del Monte.

chocolate prune cake

This Valentine's Day when love is in the air all over the world, we try to make the day special for all our loved ones. We want to make something special and tasty for our partners on this special day. Why not make a recipe which is a little different but easy to make. It has the goodness of prunes which is mostly dried plums and then, of course, the chocolate which is loved by mostly all.

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Make something special this Valentine's week using this recipe contributed by Del Monte
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  • Total Time :90 min
  • Preparation Time : 30 min
  • Cooking Time : 60 min
  • Servings : 8
  • Cooking Level : Medium
  • Course: Desserts
  • Calories: 500
  • Cuisine: Others
  • Author: Kishori Sud

Ingredients

  • 2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 beaten large egg
  • 90 gms cubed butter (90g)
  • 1 ¼ cup of boiling water
  • 1/3 cup dark brown sugar
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • 1 cup chopped pitted prunes
  • 1/2 cup chopped dark chocolate

Step

  • Step 1 :

    Grease a 9 inch round cake tin with butter and line the base with parchment paper.

  • Step 2 :

    Preheat your oven to 170 degree Celsius.

  • Step 3 :

    In a medium bowl, combine prunes, butter and boiling water, mix nicely. Let it stand at room temperature until its cools.

  • Step 4 :

    Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. With a wire whisk, stir sugar in.

  • Step 5 :

    Once the date and water mixture reaches room temperature, stir in beaten egg but make sure water is not hot else egg will get poached.

  • Step 6 :

    Stir wet ingredients into the flour mixture and mix with spatula just until the flour is moistened and no lumps of flour remain in the batter.

  • Step 7 :

    Add the chocolate and mix nicely.

  • Step 8 :

    Pour batter into the prepared tin. Bake for about 1 hour or until the toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.

  • Step 9 :

    Cool the cake on a wire rack at room temperature before covering with the chocolate ganache or serve it just like that.