Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, chocolate and stout fruitcake. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Chocolate and stout fruitcake is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Chocolate and stout fruitcake is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

Chocolate Stout Christmas Cake Adding dark chocolate and stout makes for a rich, juicy cake that's livened up with a generous pinch of spice and tangy zest. Deliciously moist, it doesn't need to be. For the cake: Place the stout and butter in a large, heavy saucepan, and heat until the butter melts. Remove the pan from the heat, and add the cocoa powder.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have chocolate and stout fruitcake using 13 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Chocolate and stout fruitcake:

1. Get 650 g currents, raisins and sultanas equal mix
2. Get 70 g glace cherries
3. Prepare 100 ml stout
4. Take 1 orange, zest and juice
5. Make ready 175 g butter
6. Make ready 175 g soft dark brown sugar
7. Get 3 large eggs
8. Make ready 2 tbsp black treacle
9. Prepare 175 g plain flour
10. Get 40 g cocoa powder
11. Take 2 tsp mixed spice
12. Make ready 100 g chopped dark chocolate
13. Make ready 50 g ground almonds

The beer enhances the chocolate flavor, much like how salt brings out natural flavors in cooking. Stout: Rich and dark with soft carbonation, stouts can range from sweet to dry with big roasty-toasty notes. In bowl combine cherries, apricots, raisins, and chocolate; set aside. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until combined.

Steps to make Chocolate and stout fruitcake:

1. Soak the fruit in the stout for about a hour in a warm place
2. Pre-heat the oven to 150°
3. Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy
4. Add the eggs one by one until combined then whisk in the black treacle
5. Sieve the flour, cocoa powder and mixed spice and fold into the mix
6. Finally mix in the chopped chocolate
7. Line your cake tin well with butter and greaseproof paper
8. Bake for about 2-2,5 hours, look for a clean knife to test

In bowl combine cherries, apricots, raisins, and chocolate; set aside. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until combined. Guinness stout and chocolate collide in a moist, chocolatey cake. The end result being one thick and decadent layered cake topped with cream cheese frosting- and you don't even need to frost the sides! Nope, just spread over the top and you're good to go.

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