Lesley’s Festive Cake from Oz

[kickingfrog]

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Lesley’s Festive Cake from Oz (weight watchers nightmare).
Vegetarian

Ingredients

8oz plain chocolate
8oz butter
2 eggs
1 level dsp dark brown sugar
8oz GF digestive biscuits (eg Trufree)
2oz chopped walnuts (plus more halves to decorate)
2oz glace cherries (plus more halves to decorate)
dsp brandy or rum


Method

Butter a 6 to 7 inch cake tin with detachable base.
Melt chocolate in basin over pan of boiling water.
Melt butter in another pan.
Beat up eggs & add sugar.
Pour butter into egg mixture, stirring continuously.
Add melted chocolate & beat in.
Fold in biscuits (broken into small pieces) and walnuts and cherries.
Add brandy or rum.
Put in cake tin, decorate with walnuts and cherries.
Refrigerate to set.

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