Chocolate

Suzie's little fruitcakes

Name: Suzie's little fruitcakes
Prep time: 380 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 415 min
Yield: 12 pieces, or 1 cake
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons instant coffee; 1kg mixed dried fruit; 1/2 cup (125ml) brandy; 250g block fruit and nut chocolate, roughly chopped; 2 cups (300g) self-raising flour, sifted; Cellophane bags, ribbons and clothes pegs, to decorate

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6h 20m

35m

12 pieces, or 1 cake

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Served in cellophane bags, these individual fruitcakes are full of festive flavours.

3 tablespoons instant coffee
1kg mixed dried fruit
1/2 cup (125ml) brandy
250g block fruit and nut chocolate, roughly chopped
2 cups (300g) self-raising flour, sifted
Cellophane bags, ribbons and clothes pegs, to decorate

Method

1.

Dissolve coffee in 1 1/2 cups of boiling water. Place dried fruit, brandy and coffee mixture in a large bowl and set aside overnight to macerate.
2.

Preheat oven to 160°C. Melt chocolate in a bowl over a pan of simmering water. Once melted, mix into the fruit mixture, then add flour. Spoon mixture into mini-loaf pans and bake in oven for 25-30 minutes or until cooked through.
3.

Set aside to cool, then place in cellophane bags and seal with ribbons or clothes pegs.