Choco Delights With Yvonne Fernando

Date and Chocolate Steam Cake

Ingredients :

• 200g Seedless dates washed and chopped
• 200g Flour
• 2tbs Coco powder
• 1/4tsp Bicarbonate of soda
• 200g Butter
• 4 Eggs
• 2tsp Vanilla essence
• 12 Ramekins greased or prepared moulds
• 50ml Hot water

Method:
In a bowl mix chopped dates, bicarbonate of soda, hot water. Mix well and set aside for 5-6 hours. Beat butter and sugar together until creamy, add eggs one at a time and beat well.
Add date mixture, vanilla and beat. Sieve together flour, baking powder and coco powder, mix into cake mixture. Pour the batter into prepared moulds and steam for 20 minutes.
Serve with Chocolate Sauce.

Chocolate  & Cherry Slices 

Ingredients A:

• 200g Marie Biscuits Crushed
• 200g Desiccated coconuts
• 150ml Condensed Milk
• 100g Glazed Cherries Chopped 
• 3tbs Cherry Syrup

Ingredients: B

• 200g Dark Chocolate
• 50ml Milk
• 1tsp Butter
• Double boil B Ingredients

Method:
Line a tin 6’x6’ inches with a lunch sheet. In a bowl mix all the “A”  ingredients and press into the prepared tin and refrigerate for ten minutes. Pour the chocolate mixture over the set cherry layer and refrigerate for a further 15 minutes. Remove from tin, Slice and Serve.