Hot Chocolate Prune Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/4 cups pitted prunes
1 tsp baking soda
4 tbsp (1/2 stick) butter, chopped
3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 cup self-rising flour
2 None eggs
4 oz semi-sweet chocolate, chopped
None None FOR THE HOT CHOCOLATE SAUCE
1 1/4 cups light cream
4 oz semi-sweet chocolate, chopped

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 350\u00b0F. Generously grease a 8-inch ring cake pan.
Combine prunes and 1 1/4 cups boiling water in food processor. Add baking soda; cover and let stand for 5 mins.
Add butter and sugar to food processor; pulse until just combined. Add flour, then eggs; pulse until ingredients are just combined. Add chocolate; pulse until chocolate is just mixed into mixture (pieces of chocolate will still be visible). Pour into prepared pan.
Bake for 1 hour, or until a skewer comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10 mins, then invert onto serving plate.
For the chocolate sauce, combine cream and chocolate in small saucepan on low heat. Stir until chocolate is melted. Drizzle over cake to serve.