Chocolate nut fruit cocktail cake
Tinned fruit cocktail and syrup with plain chocolate chips and walnuts baked into a dark brown sugar and cinnamon cake mixture. A surprisingly moist cake treat, makes a lovely addition to packed lunches.
Ingredients
Serves: 12
- 280g plain flour
- 2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 55g margarine, softened
- 220g dark brown soft sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 (432g) tin fruit cocktail in syrup, undrained
- 125g plain chocolate chips
- 90g chopped walnuts
Method
Prep:20min ›
Cook:35min ›
Ready in:55min
- Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4. Grease and flour a 20x30cm tin. Sift together the flour, bicarb, cinnamon and salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl cream together the margarine and dark brown soft sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Beat in the flour mixture, then stir in the fruit cocktail and syrup, mixing just until combined. Stir in the walnuts and chocolate chips.
- Pour mixture into prepared tin. Bake in the preheated oven for 35 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.
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Reviews & ratings
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Very delicious cake and so easy to make. I did cut down the chocolate chips and walnuts to 1/2 cup each and that covered the cake nicely. To save time a cake mix can be used with the same great results. Thank you Sharon for the posting. - 22 Oct 2010 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)
I used to make this cake when my kids were little over 30 years ago and lost the recipe. It is wonderful! I added an additional 8 ounce can of fruit cocktail, drained, in addition to the 15 ounce tropical fruit cocktail. I served it to my dinner guests and they loved it....they were surprised and delighted with the chocolate chips. - 29 Nov 2001 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)
If you like fruit and chocolate combined, it's a very good recipe. It is very tasty. I've had alot of mixed reviews. Some people just don't like the taste. But I did, so it got 5 stars. The first time I made it I could find the sifter, so I improvised, but it turned out very dry. I thought maybe it was also because it just didn't get quite enough liquid. So the next time I made it, I used a sifter and added an extra egg to it. Turned out great. Both times I made it I did add extra cinnamon also. - 12 Aug 2005 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)