Name: Italian Fruitcakes with Frangelico Chocolate Sauce
Yield: Makes 12
Ingredients: 3 cups hazelnuts, toasted, husked, coarsely chopped; 12 ounces diced Calimyrna figs; 8 ounces bittersweet (not unsweetened) or semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped; 1/3 cup minced crystallized ginger; 1 1/4 cups (2 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature; 1 cup sugar; 5 large eggs; 2 cups (or more) Frangelico (hazelnut liqueur); 2 tablespoons grated orange peel; 2 cups all purpose flour; 1/2 cup cake flour; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 12 ounces bittersweet (not unsweetened) or semisweet chocolate, chopped; 2/3 cup whipping cream; 1/3 cup Frangelico; Whipped cream (optional)

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Italian Fruitcakes with Frangelico Chocolate SauceRichard Eskite

Italian fruitcakes with Frangelico chocolate sauce If you don't have the mini Bundt molds called for, oversize muffin cups (about one-cup capacity) can be used instead. Begin preparing this at least a week ahead.

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