COFFEE, CHOC FRUIT CAKE

Ingredients........1 kg of mixed fruit, 2 cups of strong black coffee, 1 x 180gm of fruit and nut chocolate (chopped), 2 cups of self raising flour, icing sugar to serve ( optional). This cake is very easy to make with 4/5 basic ingredients and delicious. Preheat your oven to 180 deg C. Grease and line a 20cm x 27cm pan, 5cm deep. Place the dried fruit in a bowl and pour the coffee over and leave to soak overnight. The next day, combine the fruit mixture with the chocolate and flour, use a wooden spoon to mix. Spoon the mixture into the prepared pan. Place in the preheated oven and bake for 90 minutes or until cooked when tested with a skewer. Allow to cool on a wire rack and sprinkle with icing sugar to serve (optional).