Plum-hazelnut and chocolate cake

@Fleura (31953)

United Kingdom

January 14, 2022 11:35am CST

This is the first cake to go into my new tin! I have been working my way through stores in my freezer. I hate having a freezer full of nameless things, so normally I’m very organised and keep a list of everything that’s in there, stuck on the outside. But every now and then something slips though the net, often when we have a lot of something to put away. And so the other day when looking for something specific I found two bonus bags of our home-grown plums! I remembered trying out this recipe once before and liking it, so opted to make it again. It is delicious! I definitely recommend it if you want something a bit different to a regular fruit cake. And of course you can have chocolate cake with the added benefit of quite a lot of fruit! https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/plum-hazelnut-chocolate-cake All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2022.

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@rebelann (114252)

• El Paso, Texas

15 Jan 22

I love hazelnuts and the cake you made sounds really delicious. Sooooo, I'll be right over to beg for a sample

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@rebelann (114252)

• El Paso, Texas

15 Jan 22

Even without the plums that cake would be delicious.

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@Fleura (31953)

• United Kingdom

15 Jan 22

@rebelann I expect you are right but with the plums of course you can be pleased that you can h ave chocolate cake AND still have a portion of fruit!

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@Fleura (31953)

• United Kingdom

15 Jan 22

It is very good, I recommend the recipe if you have some nice ripe plums!

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@Juliaacv (54077)

• Canada

14 Jan 22

The cake looks and sounds delicious. Plums are not in season here currently, so I would have to wait until then to try out your recipe suggestion, but I just may do that when the time comes-thank you.

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@Fleura (31953)

• United Kingdom

14 Jan 22

Do you have any fruit growers near you?

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@Juliaacv (54077)

• Canada

14 Jan 22

@Fleura Yes, we are in an area that has lots of fruit orchards.

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@Fleura (31953)

• United Kingdom

14 Jan 22

@Juliaacv Hopefully you will access to lots of lovely ripe fruit in summer - supermarket plums are not at all the same.

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@allknowing (148874)

• India

15 Jan 22

The cake looks yummy But I do not have a plum tree

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@Fleura (31953)

• United Kingdom

15 Jan 22

But you do have many other interesting fruits : )

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@allknowing (148874)

• India

16 Jan 22

@Fleura I have never tried making cakes with fresh fruits

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@Sojourn (13835)

• India

15 Jan 22

It emphasizes the tradition of baking in Britain since antiquity that spread all over the world now.

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@Fleura (31953)

• United Kingdom

15 Jan 22

I hadn't realised that baking was a British tradition.

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@Sojourn (13835)

• India

15 Jan 22

@Fleura I think the thing that is known to be 'cake' with all its numerous varieties originated in the British Isles. And where there is cake, there is surely baking involved.

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@CarolDM (203409)

• Nashville, Tennessee

14 Jan 22

Your cake sounds very good. Never tried it before but I really enjoy hazelnut.

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@Fleura (31953)

• United Kingdom

14 Jan 22

It's really good! Just eating a slice now : )

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@CarolDM (203409)

• Nashville, Tennessee

14 Jan 22

@Fleura Enjoy it with coffee perhaps.

@soymex (1097)

• Glasgow, Scotland

18 Jan 22

Looks delicious! My wife made a cake on Sunday, but I finished it by evening!

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@Fleura (31953)

• United Kingdom

18 Jan 22

Thank you - it is! It would be quite difficult to eat it all in one day though!

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@Fleura (31953)

• United Kingdom

18 Jan 22

@soymex Very true!

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@soymex (1097)

• Glasgow, Scotland

18 Jan 22

@Fleura You don't know my boy ...!

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@BarBaraPrz (49971)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

15 Jan 22

I hope you pitted those plums first.

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@Fleura (31953)

• United Kingdom

15 Jan 22

My partner spent ages pitting all the plums last summer before we froze them. He's good at those tedious jobs!

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@snowy22315 (192303)

• United States

14 Jan 22

That looks tsty

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@Fleura (31953)

• United Kingdom

14 Jan 22

It is : )

@marlina (154117)

• Canada

14 Jan 22

The cake looks very tempting!

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@Fleura (31953)

• United Kingdom

14 Jan 22

It is very good. It probably won't stay in the tin very long!

@Inlemay (17713)

• South Africa

15 Jan 22

Sounds delicious - however, I am on a Diet Cake month - called SALAD!

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@Fleura (31953)

• United Kingdom

15 Jan 22

I love a good salad too!

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@xFiacre (13876)

• Ireland

14 Jan 22

@fleura That just looks so satisfying. I see you’ve already had a slice. Such a relief to have a suitable tin to put it in, though I suspect it won’t sit there too long.

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@Fleura (31953)

• United Kingdom

14 Jan 22

Quality control you know ; )

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@just4him (318811)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

14 Jan 22

It looks delicious! I only have the freezer with my fridge. It's small, so I know everything that's in it.

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@Fleura (31953)

• United Kingdom

14 Jan 22

That's all you need. We mainly have a bigger freezer to store garden produce.

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@JudyEv (357492)

• Rockingham, Australia

15 Jan 22

If it tastes as good as it looks, then it would be fantastic.

Thanks for the recipe. I've kept the link.

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@Fleura (31953)

• United Kingdom

15 Jan 22

Definitely recommended! I have to say that all the recipes I've tried from BBC Good Food have been excellent. But there's also a BBC Food site which is separate and not as good so be careful, I avoid that now.

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@aninditasen (17204)

• Raurkela, India

15 Jan 22

The cake looks yummy. I make cakes but very rarely.

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@Fleura (31953)

• United Kingdom

15 Jan 22

Best when you have guests because then it will be eaten while it is fresh and at its best.

@gcwrites (677)

• United States

14 Jan 22

I am generally pretty organized with my freezer too

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