If you find yourself cautiously removing raisins from cheesecake, you might want to avoid the Sultan's Daughter. This dessert features dried grapes alongside chocolate sponge cake and cream.

Soak the raisins in the rum for at least an hour until they are soft and puffed up. Line a 9 inch spring form cake tin and preheat your oven to 170°C. Stir the chocolate and regular digestive ...

Place the raisins in a bowl and pour over the boiling water. Add the baking soda and rum and allow to cool. Blend to a smooth puree. Set oven to 160oc. Butter 6 ramekins or metal pudding moulds.

Mix in the raisins soaked in rum, pour onto the biscuit base and bake for 30 minutes. Mix the remaining pot of soured cream with the icing sugar, pour over the cheesecake and bake for a further 10 ...