Brandied prune and chocolate cake

Ingredients

200 g	Pitted prunes, (chopped) (Main)
½ cup	Water
2 Tbsp	Brandy
1 Tbsp	Orange, (zest)
150 g	Butter
1 cup	Caster sugar
150 g	Dark chocolate, (finely chopped) (Main)
3	Eggs
1 cup	Self raising flour

Ganache

½ cup	Cream
150 g	Dark chocolate (Main)

Directions

1. Line a 20cm cake tin and preheat oven to 180C. Simmer prunes, water, brandy and zest in a saucepan for 30 minutes on a low heat, then cool.
2. Cream butter and sugar, add eggs then fold prune mixture, chopped chocolate and flour together. Bake for about 45 minutes or until an inserted skewer is removed clean.
3. For the ganache, melt 150g chocolate and cream together for two minutes in the microwave, gently whisk, then spoon over cooled cake.