I baked this for a friend’s birthday years ago. The other day they asked me for the recipe so here it is.
Ingredients
- 200g Margarine
- 400g Caster Sugar
- 100g Plain Chocolate
- 4 Eggs (size 3) separated
- 2 x 2.5ml spoon Cinnamon
- 2 x 2.5ml spoon Mixed Spice
- 350g Self Raising Flour
- 240ml Milk
- 50g Cut Mixed Peel
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 180ºC, Gas Mark 4
- Grease a 25cm round tin and line the base
- Melt the chocolate
- Cream the margarine and the sugar until light and fluffy
- Blend the melted Chocolate into the creamed sugar and margarine
- Blend the egg yolks into the mixture
- Sieve the spices and flour
- Stir the spices and flour into the mixture alternating with stirring in the milk
- Beat the egg whites until they are stiff
- Fold the beaten egg whites into the mixture
- Place the mixture in the tin
- Bake for about 45 minutes
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