Dark chocolate & rum cake

[sleepyowl]

I created this as I don't like Christmas cake & it turned out well

250g Demerara sugar
250g Butter
4 eggs
250g Self raising flour
2tbsp Dark rum
2tbsp Cocoa powder
100g Glace cherries
50g Flaked Almonds
200g Dark chocolate (70% cocoa)

Cream the butter & sugar together & then add the eggs. Sift in the flour & cocoa & stir in add the rum almonds & cherries, coarsely chop the the chocolate add it too the mixture, if it feels too stiff add more rum bear in mind it does give a thick constistancy anyway as all Christmas cakes do. Place in a preheated oven at gasmark 4 for 1 1/2 hours. Turn out onto a cooling tray. The cake keeps for a while as long as you top it up with rum from time to time. mmmmmmmm

[pale_empress]

I don't touch alcohol, is there an alternative to Rum?

x

[poshfrock]

What about Rum essence? smells like it, taste like it.
but no alcohol, in it ( I think) or just leave it out and put in a couple of spoons of water to make up liquid content.

Posh

[pale_empress]

Orange juice sounds good, thank you for the tips ;-)

x

[sleepyowl]

The only problem with doing that is the cake won't keep so won't mature, but it is still worth trying I suppose. I finished the cake yesterday & it was made on the 22nd of December & was still moist & gained better flavour the more it matured, although it was good on boxing day.

[spooky]

yummy, definitely a recipy i'll be trying, thank you for sharing it.