Christmas Special - Chocolate Fruit Cake

Ingredients

1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 cup butter
2 eggs
1 tsp almond extract

1 cup candied fruit

Method

Cream together butter & sugar. Add eggs, one at a time & beat well till fluffy. Mix in the almond extract.

Sift together flour, baking powder & cocoa.

Fold this into the wet mixture.

Dust the candied fruit with 1 tsp flour. Fold this into the cake batter.

Pour the batter into a greased cake pan.

Bake in 325F pre-heated oven for 25-30 mins.

Cool the cake on a wire rack & cut into thick slices.