Chocolate and cranberry cake

Name: Chocolate and cranberry cake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 375 g plain chocolate, (70% cocoa solids); 150 g unsalted butter, softened; 150 g golden caster sugar; 200 g ground almonds; 50 g plain flour; 3 tbsp cocoa powder; 4 eggs, lightly beaten; 170 g low-fat Greek yogurt; 2 tbsp icing sugar, for dusting

A luxuriously soft and chocolatey cake with a fruity cranberry filling made with crème de cassis.

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Vegetarian

Serves12
CourseCake
Prepare30 mins
Cook40 mins
Total time1 hr 10 mins
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Ingredients

375g plain chocolate, (70% cocoa solids)
150g unsalted butter, softened
150g golden caster sugar
200g ground almonds
50g plain flour
3 tbsp cocoa powder
4 eggs, lightly beaten
170g low-fat Greek yogurt
2 tbsp icing sugar, for dusting

FOR THE CRANBERRY FILLING

300g cranberries
4½ tbsp caster sugar
5 tbsp crème de cassis
1½ tsp vanilla extract

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C, gas mark 4. Start by making the cranberry filling. Stir the cranberries, caster sugar and crème de cassis over a medium heat until thick and jam-like. Add the vanilla extract and set aside to cool.
Meanwhile, break the chocolate into pieces and melt gently in a large bowl over a pan of simmering water. Set aside to cool.
Line the base of a 25cm loose-bottomed cake tin with greaseproof paper. Beat the butter and sugar together until light and creamy, then beat in the remaining ingredients. Fold in the cooled melted chocolate. Tip half the batter into the tin, then top with the cranberry mixture, spreading it evenly and leaving a 3cm border. Top with the remaining batter and bake for 35-40 minutes until set. Leave to cool in the tin.
Serve warm or at room temperature. Remove the cake from the tin, dust with icing sugar and serve with double cream or vanilla ice cream, if liked.