ASDA part of the Wal-Mart family

• 150g Asda Ready-To-Eat Prunes
• 3tbsp brandy or black coffee
• 200g Asda Belgian Dark Chocolate (76% cocoa solids)
• 250g butter, softened
• 250g caster sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 125g plain flour, sifted
• 100g pack Asda Pecans, finely chopped
• Icing sugar, to dust (optional)

1 Finely chop the prunes (use a processor if possible), then stir in the brandy or black coffee and set aside. Chop the chocolate into pieces about the size of raisins – this is best done by hand. Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4. Take a deep, 23cm-diameter, loose-bottomed, round cake tin and line the base and sides with baking paper.

2 Beat the butter and caster sugar until creamy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Add a tablespoon of flour with the last two.

3 Fold in the prunes, pecans, chocolate and the rest of the flour. Turn the mixture into the tin and bake for between 55 minutes and 1 hour 10 minutes or until the top springs back when lightly pressed. Leave to cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then turn out and finish cooling on a wire rack. Dust with icing sugar.