Chocolate Fruit Truffles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

250 g fruitcake
100 g dark chocolate, roughly chopped
30 g butter
1 tablespoon cream
1 tablespoon rum or 1 tablespoon brandy
nuts or coconut, to coat

Preparation

Crumble fruitcake into a bowl.
Melt chocolate, butter and cream in a double boiler.
Pour chocolate mixture over crumbled fruitcake, add rum or brandy and mix well.
Refrigerate until firm.
Roll heaped teaspoons of mixture into balls, roll in cocoa, nuts or coconut.
Place truffles into confectionery cases.