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Blueberry Chocolate Cake

Name: Blueberry Chocolate Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 45 min
Yield: Makes 1 cake
Ingredients: ½ cup cocoa; ¾ cup boiling water; 250 g softened butter; 1 cup brown sugar; 1 tsp vanilla essence; 3 eggs; 375 g jar Craig's Blueberry Jam; 2 ½ cups self-raising flour; 125 g chocolate chips; ¼ cup cream (plain or sour)

A heavenly combination of blueberry and chocolate, with the option of adding even more decadence with a thick chocolate glaze!

Makes 1 cake

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 45 minutes

Easy

Ingredients

½ cup cocoa

¾ cup boiling water

250 g softened butter

1 cup brown sugar

1 tsp vanilla essence

3 eggs

375 g jar Craig's Blueberry Jam

2 ½ cups self-raising flour

Thick Chocolate Glaze

125 g chocolate chips

¼ cup cream (plain or sour)

NUTRITION INFORMATION: Average Quantity per Serving

Nutrition information is calculated using a recipe analysis program and is subject to variations you may make to the ingredients or cooking method. This nutrition information is intended as a guide only and excludes serving suggestions and swaps you may make.

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INGREDIENTS

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Method

Step 1

1.Preheat oven to 180oC. Grease and flour a 22cm - 23cm ring cake tin.

Step 2

2. Stir the cocoa and boiling water together until smooth. Cool thoroughly.

Step 3

3. Beat the butter, sugar and vanilla essence together until light and fluffy.

Step 4

4. Beat in the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in half a cup of Craig's Blueberry Jam.

Step 5

5. Sift in the self raising flour and pour in the cooled chocolate mixture. Fold together carefully.

Step 6

6. Spread into the prepared cake tin.

Step 7

7. Bake for 40 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out clean and the cake has shrunk from the sides of the cake tin. Cool in the cake tin for 5 minutes before turning out on to a cake rack to cool.

Step 8

8. When cool, split the cake in half or three layers horizontally and spread the cut layers with the remaining Craig's Blueberry Jam. Join together. Dust with icing sugar or spread with the thick chocolate glaze.

Step 9

To make chocolate glaze:

Step 10

Heat chocolate chips and cream in a microwave proof jug for 1 minute in a microwave on high power. Stir until the chocolate has all melted and the mixture is smooth. Smooth on to the cake while still warm.