Black Forest Chocolate Fudge Cake Recipe
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Ingredients : Black Forest Chocolate Fudge Cake Recipe
2 cups cake flour
1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 egg white
1 cup prune puree, see note
3/4 cup nonfat milk
4 tsp vanilla
1 cup boiling water
2 tbsp instant espresso coffee powder
2 tsp baking soda
2 cups frozen pitted unsweetened dark sweet
cherries
coarsely chopped, thawed and well
drained
1/2 cup chopped toasted walnuts
Powdered sugar, for dusting
(optional)
Additional cherries (fresh or frozen), and mint
1 sprig , for
garnish
Directions
* Heat oven to 350 degrees. Coat a 3- to 4-quart bundt or other
tube pan with vegetable cooking spray. Into large bowl sift flour, cocoa,
baking powder and salt; mix in brown sugar. In another bowl whisk eggs
with prune puree, milk and vanilla.
* Pour boiling water into measuring cup; stir in espresso powder
and baking soda. Stir egg and water mixtures into flour mixture; mix just
until blended. Pour half the batter into pan; sprinkle cherries and
walnuts evenly over batter.
Pour in remaining batter.
* Bake in center of oven about 45 minutes until pick inserted
into cake comes out clean. Cool in pan on rack 15 minutes; invert onto
rack, remove pan and cool completely. Dust with powdered sugar; place on
serving plate. Fill cake center with additional cherries and garnish with
mint.
Prune puree:
Combine 1 1/3 cups (8 ounces) pitted prunes and 6 tablespoons
hot water in container of food processor. Pulse on and off until prunes
are finely chopped. Makes about 1 cup.
YIELD: 16 servings
Nutritional Information Per Serving:
221 calories; 4 g fat; 27 mg cholesterol; 201 mg sodium; 43 g
carbohydrate; 1 g fiber; 5 g protein.
All ingredients are available for a fraction of the cost when purchased in
the bulk section of your supermarket or food co-op. A flavorful sensation
when added to reduced fat sour cream or yogurt.
SOURCE: CALIFORNIA PRUNE BOARD
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