Rum and Raisin Slice

I love rum and raisin, ice cream, Old Jamaica choc bar, rum balls, yum! I saw this recipe when I was flipping through my recipe books the other day while re-arranging the bookshelves. It is so decadent!

Ingredients

200g dark chocolate

100g butter

¾ caster sugar

3 eggs

1 ½ cups plain flour

80ml rum

½ cup raisins

2 tbsp of cocoa powder

Method

1.          Preheat oven to 180°C.

2.          Soak the raisins in the rum.

3.          Chop chocolate and butter into small pieces.

4.          Melt in a Bain Marie, make sure the water doesn’t touch the bottom of the bowl.

5.          Pour in the caster sugar, the rum and raisins.

6.          Remove from heat.

7.          Mix in the flour.

8.          Lightly beat the eggs and mix it in.

9.          Pour into a greased and lined square 20x20cm pan.

10.      Bake for 25 minutes.

11.      Slice when cool. Dust top with cocoa powder.