Apricot Chocolate Chip Cake

Submitted by dale7793

"For the apricot and chocolate lovers."

 

• Ready In: 2hrs 15mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 1 cake

ingredients

• 1 cup finely chopped dried apricot
• 1 cup apricot nectar
• 125 g butter
• 2⁄3 cup raw sugar
• 2 eggs, separated
• 1 1⁄2 cups coconut
• 1 1⁄2 cups flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄2 cup chocolate chips

directions

1. Grease and line a round cake pan.
2. Combine dried apricots and nectar in a bowl and stand for 1 hour.
3. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
4. Beat in egg yolks one at a time.
5. Stir in coconut, then half of the flour and baking powder and half the apricot mixture.
6. Stir in remaining flour, baking powder and apricot and all the choc chips.
7. Beat the egg whites in a small bowl until soft peaks forms, fold gently into cake mixture and spread batter into cake pan.
8. Bake in preheated 350 degree F (180 degree C) oven for 1 1/4 hours.
9. Stand for 5 minutes then turn onto a rack to cool.
10. Dust with icing sugar to serve if desired.

Reviews

[Irmgard]

What a wonderful cake! It combines two of my favourite flavours - apricot and chocolate! I baked it in a 10" springform pan and it came out great. I just wanted to mention - if this is the same recipe from the Australian Woman's Weekly Home Library Cakes and Slices Cookbook, which I suspect it is, you didn't say that the recipe calls for 1-1/2 cups SELF-RAISING flour! This may affect the outcome for other who wish to try the recipe.

 

[chia2160]

i had a bit of trouble with this one- my round cake pan was not big enough for the batter, it was overflowing all over my oven within the first 15 minutes of baking. i put a baking pan underneath it and when it was done it did taste good. i used white chocolate chips