From Sandi's Recipe File - Fruity Chocolate Cake

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Serving Size: Makes 2 cakes

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Fruity Chocolate Cake

Amount	Ingredient
1/3 cup	raisins
2 tablespoons	brandy
60 grams	dark chocolate, chopped
125 grams	butter, softened
1 1/4 cups	caster sugar
2	eggs
1 teaspoon	vanilla essence
2 cups	self-raising flour
1 teaspoon	bicarbonate of soda
1 teaspoon	cinnamon
1 teaspoon	nutmeg
1 cup	milk
1/3 cup	chopped glace cherries
1/2 cup	coarsely chopped walnuts

Preparation Instructions:

1. Soak raisins in brandy for several hours or overnight. Preheat oven to 180 C, and grease and flour two 20 cm round sandwich cake tins.
2. Melt chocolate in a bowl over hot water. Allow to cool.
3. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time. Add chocolate and vanilla.
4. Sift flour, soda and spices three times into a bowl. Add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Stir in soaked raisins, cherries and walnuts.
5. Spoon mixture into prepared tins, and bake for 35 minutes or until cooked when tested. Cool in tins for five minutes and finish cooling on wire racks.

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