Chocolate Rum Cake Recipe

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Chocolate Rum Cake
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Heat the oven to 325*F.
  2. Butter and line a 9 inch round cake tin or spring form tin with parchment paper.
  3. Sift together the flour, cocoa, baking powder, salt and muscobado sugar into a bowl.
  4. In a measuring jug, combine the sunflower oil and milk.
  5. Separate the eggs, reserving the whites and adding the yolks to the liquid ingredients.
  6. Mix the egg yolks, vanilla, milk and oil with a fork.
  7. Add the liquid ingrediends to the dry ingredients and mix with a wooden spoon to a smooth, slack batter.
  8. Beat the egg whites to stiff peaks and fold into the cake batter.
  9. Pour the mixture into the prepared pan.
  10. Set in oven and bake for 45 minutes until tests done with a skewer.
  11. Measure the sugar for the syrup and 200ml (7 fl oz) of cold water and set over a low heat until the sugar dissolves.
  12. Bring to the boil and draw off the heat.
  13. Add the rum.
  14. Prick the surface of the hot cake with a fork and spoon the syrup over it.
  15. Leave in the baking tin until completely cold Turn the cake layer out, peel off the baking paper and set on a serving platter.
  16. Whip the cream to soft peaks and swirl over the top of the cake layer.
  17. Chill until firm-at least 2 hours.
  18. Dust with cocoa and serve with the red fruit sauce.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 839.73 Kcal (3516 kJ)
Calories from fat 315.3 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 35.03g 54%
Cholesterol 125.57mg 42%
Sodium 1093.53mg 46%
Potassium 466.1mg 10%
Total Carbs 115.29g 38%
Sugars 81.15g 325%
Dietary Fiber 3.8g 15%
Protein 9.92g 20%
Iron 2.9mg 16%
Calcium 293.5mg 29%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 239.39 Kcal (1002 kJ)
Calories from fat 89.89 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 9.99g 54%
Cholesterol 35.8mg 42%
Sodium 311.75mg 46%
Potassium 132.88mg 10%
Total Carbs 32.87g 38%
Sugars 23.13g 325%
Dietary Fiber 1.08g 15%
Protein 2.83g 20%
Iron 0.8mg 16%
Calcium 83.7mg 29%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 19
    Points
  • 22
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar

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