The first thing we'll do is make sugar syrup. In a saucepan put sugar and pour the water (you can add honey, but then less sugar). Will use brown sugar, it will give us honey-caramel note. Put on a slow fire and allow to boil, boil a few minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool a little.

Next, take all the dried fruits and nuts that have a home (I have listed in the ingredients those that have been found). My, remove all the excess and pour over boiling water. I have a photo of almonds is not enough, forgot to take a picture.

Dried fruit cut into small cubes, nuts and raisins can be put in whole.

Have time to do everything quickly, otherwise the assistants really help... disappear fruit and nut mass, and quickly.

Add all the spices: cinnamon, nutmeg, coriander, cloves, pepper, then the cacao powder, flour and all mix well.

Pour the syrup and wet a spoon lightly stir (because the syrup was slightly cold and still quite hot).

And then begin with your hands to form one ball. But watch not to burn. If the dough doesn't want to be a single entity, just add a spoon of warm water. The dough was very beautiful - with colorful chocolate fruit and nut inclusions.

Take the form, dimmed with baking paper (it is said that it is best to use rice, but I perfectly normal then departed), grease with butter. Spread on her our dough and with wet hands we stamp and level it to a thickness of 1.5-2 cm Bake for 30 minutes at a temperature of 150 degrees. Just do not overdo the cake in the oven as we for the first time (a little distracted), and then get the dwarven bread, like Terry Pratchett ("the Object was vaguely rounded shape, texture resembled a tree, and when tapped uttered a sound, such as the one emits a line if it is to knock on the edge of the table.")

Take out of the oven, immediately overturn on a dish, only very carefully so as not to break Panforte, remove the paper and leave for a few hours to cool. And then sprinkle with sugar powder and cut into any shape as You like. Store in a cool place in parchment and plastic bag.