MomsMenu.com Recipe Finder Chocolate Fruitcake

2 C flour
1-1/2 C sugar
1/2 C cocoa
1 t baking soda
1 t salt
1 C sour cream
2 eggs, room temp
1 t vanilla
1/4 C butter, soft
2 C candied fruit, diced
1-1/2 C chopped walnuts
1 C thinly sliced dates
1 C raisins

Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Place a baking pan half full of water in oven. Grease and flour a 9-inch tube pan. (You can also use mini-bundt pans or mini-loaf pans; this recipe makes 12 mini-cakes)

Sift together flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, and salt; set aside.

In large bowl at medium speed, beat sour cream, eggs, and vanilla until blended. Add butter; beat well. At low speed, gradually add flour mixture until blended. Beat two minutes. By hand, stir in fruit and nuts. Spoon into pan.

Bake in center of oven 1-1/2 to 2 hours or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool 20 minutes; remove from pan and cool completely. Wrap with plastic wrap; then foil.