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Christmas pudding surprise cake

Christmas pudding surprise cake

https://www.coop.co.uk/recipes/christmas-pudding-surprise-cake

Impress your guests with this clever mash-up of festive flavours

  • Feeds 12 Feeds 12
  • Ready in 1 hour 45 minutes

Each serving contains

  • Energy
    17%
    1432kj 343kcal
  • Fat
    High 31%
    21.9g
  • Saturates
    High 54%
    10.7g
  • Sugar
    High 31%
    23.9g
  • Salt
    Low 31%
    0.22g

% of adult’s reference intake | Carbohydrates per serving : 32g

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Ingredients

  • 175g Co-op unsalted butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
  • 50g glace cherries
  • 40g Co-op 70% cocoa dark chocolate
  • 125g Co-op self raising flour
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon or mixed spice
  • 15g cocoa powder
  • 35g ground almonds
  • 175g golden caster sugar
  • 3 large Co-op British eggs
  • Zest and juice of 1 orange
  • 50g chopped nuts (optional)
  • For the icing, 100g white chocolate, broken into squares
  • 3 tbsp Co-op double cream
  • Few drops almond essence

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to180C/fan 160C/Gas 4
  2. Grease and line a 1 litre ovenproof bowl. Chop up the glace cherries, leaving 3 whole for later
  3. Melt half the dark chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water, making sure the bowl isn't touching the water. Chop up the remaining chocolate
  4. Sift the flour, spice and cocoa into a large bowl
  5. Add the ground almonds, butter, sugar, eggs and orange zest. Whisk together until smooth and creamy
  6. Mix in 2 tbsp orange juice
  7. Fold in the chopped cherries, the melted and chopped chocolate, and nuts if using, then spoon into the ovenproof bowl. Level the surface
  8. Bake for 30 mins, then cover with greaseproof paper and bake for another 45 mins, or until a skewer comes out clean when inserted into the centre of the sponge. Leave to cool for 5 mins then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely
  9. To make the icing:
  10. Place the white chocolate, cream and almond essence in a heatproof bowl over a pan of barely simmering water
  11. Heat gently until melted, then stir to combine
  12. Spoon the white chocolate icing over the cake
  13. To decorate:
  14. Place the 3 whole glace cherries on top of the cake and finish with a couple of holly leaves

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