Chocolate Mud Cake

Directions

1. 1
   Preheat the oven to 160C.
2. 2
   Line a 20cm round cake tin with baking paper.
3. 3
   Place the prunes, apple juice and baking soda in a saucepan.
4. 4
   Bring to the boil, turn off the heat, cover and leave to cool.
5. 5
   Once cool, puree until smooth.
6. 6
   Sift the flour and cocoa and stir into the cooled prune puree.
7. 7
   Beat the egg whites until stiff, adding sugar gradually.
8. 8
   Fold half the egg whites into the prune mixture and then fold in the remaining egg whites.
9. 9
   Keep stirring gently until the egg white is incorporated.
10. 10
    Spoon into the cake tin and bake for 35 minutes or until a cake skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean.
11. 11
    Cool on a rack and just before serving, sieve the icing sugar over the top.