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Flickr Find: Velvet Chocolate Cake with Prunes Soaked in Earl Grey Tea

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Did you know it's National Tea Month (as well as National Soup Month?) Who decides these things anyway? But it fits - January has been cold and rainy for us, and we have been enjoying our tea. We'd enjoy it even more when folded into a velvety chocolate cake like this one. Soaking fruit in tea brings out the flavor and, in this case, imparts a floral and herbal flavor.

 
 

Prunes and chocolate are both so rich they seem like an unnatural pairing - but they actually go very well together. Just have a glass of milk handy to counteract the sweetness, like with our Prune and Chocolate Chunk Cookies.

If you want to try that cake, click the link - the whole recipe is below the photo.

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Chocolate, prunes and tea? I may die in a blissful swoon... Thanks so much for posting. Can't wait to try this.

posted by missginsu on January 10th 2008 at 5:04am
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Awesome! Vita Arina's photos always make me wish I were at home, baking something beautiful and yummy.

posted by OneWallKitchen on January 10th 2008 at 5:50am
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