Fruit And Nut Chocolate Slice

Total Time: 17 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 7 mins

Ingredients

• 100 g butter or 100 g margarine
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 150 g nonfat yogurt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup cocoa
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 cup almonds, finely chopped
• 1/4 cup walnuts, finely chopped
• 1/4 cup raisins
• 5 prunes, finely chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon rind
• 1 tablespoon apple juice
• 1 tablespoon orange juice
• 1/2 teaspoon oil

Recipe

• 1 mix the almonds, walnuts, raisins, prunes, lemon rind, juices and oil in a medium bowl. set aside.
• 2 grease and line a square microwave-safe cake tin with baking paper.
• 3 cream the butter and sugar together until pale and creamy.
• 4 stir in egg, yoghurt and vanilla until well combined.
• 5 sift together flour, cocoa and baking soda.
• 6 fold flour mixture lightly into butter mixture. mixture will be firm.
• 7 fold fruit mixture inches.
• 8 spread cake into prepared cake tin, using the back of a spoon to smooth over.
• 9 cook at 600 watts (adjust according to your microwave e.g. for an 800 watt microwave, use 80 percent, for 1200 watts use 50%) for 7 minutes, until centre is just cooked. the centre should be damp on the surface and begin to shrink away from the sides of the dish. test with a toothpick.
• 10 if the cake isn't cooked yet, pop back in the microwave for another couple of minutes, but not too long.
• 11 leave in dishfor 5 minutes before turning out. the crust will be soft, so turn out onto a clean tea towel placed on a cooking rack.
• 12 ice with your regular icing, although i prefer it un-iced. but only because i'm not really an icing sort of person.