Incredibly easy chocolate fruit cake from Nigella Christmas: Food, Family, Friends, Festivities (page 180) by Nigella Lawson

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  • vikingcook on January 18, 2017

    Made this last Christmas and it was a big hit. I agree with redjanet that the chocolate wasn't overwhelming at all. It was indeed very dense and moist. I made it ahead and then froze some and it performed beautifully throughout.

  • Alro9 on October 28, 2014

    I made this cake as it was suggested as a good alternative to a more traditional Christmas cake for those who don't like fruit cake. It is a very dense and dark cake - almost like the texture and consistency of a chocolate brownie inside. Personally I couldn't taste the chocolate from the inclusion of cocoa in the recipe but, overall, I did like it as an alternative to a more trad Christmas cake. If you prefer a lighter less dense cake or one with nuts in it this won't be the perfect cake for you. However it scores highly on being incredibly easy to make and it tasted like a mature Christmas cake without any maturing!

  • redjanet on December 27, 2012

    I'll admit that I'm not overly keen on fruit cake, but having declared I would bring dessert to my in-laws for Christmas I decided on this. This was indeed quite easy to make in advance of the big day and it kept well wrapped in baking parchment and tin foil in a baking tin, as instructed by Nigella. The cake itself was very moist and although the chocolate flavour wasn't overwhelming, it left a nice aftertaste and added an extra dimension.

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