Dark Chocolate Cake

Name: Dark Chocolate Cake
Yield: Serves 6—8
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon (2.5 ml spoon) cream of tartar; 3 tablespoons (3 x 15 ml spoon) water; 6 oz (150 g) butter or margarine; 10 oz (250 g) plain flour; 4 fl oz (100 ml) fresh orange juice (about 2 oranges); ½ tablespoon (15 ml spoon) water; 4 oz (100 g) sugar; 8 oz (200 g) fresh cranberries; juice of 1 lemon; 6 fl oz (150 ml) milk soured by adding the juice of ½ lemon; 3 large (size 4) eggs - lightly whisked; 1 teaspoon (5 ml spoon) vanilla essence; 4 oz (100 g) plain chocolate; 10 oz (250 g) soft dark brown sugar; good pinch of salt; ½ teaspoon (2.5 ml spoon) baking powder; 1½ level teaspoons (3 x 2.5 ml spoon) bicarbonate of soda; 12 oz (300 g) caster sugar; 2 large (size 4) egg whites

Preparation info

Serves
6—8

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Cooking for Christmas

By Josceline Dimbleby

Published 1978

About

It has now become a tradition in our family to have this moist chocolate cake instead of the usual rich fruit cake at Christmas time. After the fruit-filled pudding and mince pies we all much prefer it and with its snowy-white frosting the appearance when decorated is perfectly seasonal.

Ingredients

For the cranberry and orange filling

4 fl oz (100 ml) fresh orange juice (about 2 oranges)

Cake
Vegetarian
Christmas
December

Method

Make the filling first. Put the orange juice in a saucepan and stir in the sugar. Add the cranberries. Cover, bring to the boil and simmer for 5 minutes. Cool and chill well in the fridge before using.

Now line two greased 8½-9½ in. (22-24