Chocolate Fruitcake

Title:
Chocolate Fruitcake

Yield:
1 Servings

Categories:
Cakes
and b,
Christmas,
Chocolate




Ingredients:





 2 1/2 c  Flour


   1/4 c  Cocoa


     1 ts Baking soda


     1 ts Salt


     1 ts Cinnamon


   1/4 ts Cloves ground


   1/2 c  Butter


     1 c  Dark brown sugar


     3 lg Eggs


     3 lg Bananas mashed well


   1/4 c  Dark molasses


     1 ts Vanilla


     2 tb Rum


     2 c  Mixed candied fruit


     1 c  Candied orange


     1 c  Candied cherries halved


     1 c  Chopped dates


     1 c  Raisins


 1 1/2 c  Semi-sweet chocolate MINI


          -chips


   1/4 c  Flour






 Butter 2 - 9x5 loaf pans. Line bottoms with waxed paper and butter top of


 waxed paper.


 


 In a large bowl sift and mix flour, cocoa, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and


 cloves. Thoroughly mix first 6 ingredients in bowl and set aside.


 


 Mix and flour to coat last 7 ingredients. Set aside.


 


 Thoroughly mix (but do not cream) butter and brown sugar. (processor is


 fine)


 


 Blend in eggs one at a time. Add bananas, molasses, vanilla, and rum. Mix


 well.


 


 Mix wet and dry ingredients. Stir in fruit and chocolate morsels. Put in


 prepared loaf pans. Bake in preheated 350?F oven for 50 minutes.


 


 Run knife around sides of pan to bottom. Remove from pans and cool on rack.


 


 Cool 1/2 hour then put in plastic bag. Let rest one day before cutting.


 


 This is a low, dense, rich, moist cake and often has a dent on top and


 sometimes with a small crack.


 


 NOTE! This cake can't be tested for doneness because chocolate morsels are


 fluid when baking is complete. DO NOT OVER BAKE!!


 


 Recipe by: Brit @ Epi Chat


 


 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #804 by Dianne Larson Ward


 
on Sep 25, 1997