Chock-full of crunchy nuts and moist dried fruit, this cake is a taste sensation. May we suggest a choice of apricots, plums, pears, or peaches?

by Jill O’Connor
from Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey:
Desserts for the Serious Sweet Tooth
(Chronicle Books, 2007)
Makes 24 standard cupcakes
I adapted this recipe from one by Hellmann’s, increasing the cocoa powder and sugar and reducing the eggs by one. It’s easy to assemble and practically foolproof. The batter is rich and deeply chocolaty, and results in bouncy little [...]

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