Impress your guests with this chocolate cherry layered cream cake - a revamped version of a retro classic
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition: per serving (10)
- kcal859
- fat48.9g
- saturates29.9g
- carbs93.7g
- sugars73.6g
- fibre2.6g
- protein7.2g
- salt0.7g
Ingredients
- 175g salted butter, plus extra for greasing
- 200g bar dark chocolate
Dark chocolate
dahk chok-litDark chocolate means the shiny, dark-reddish brown treat produced from the cacao bean, theobroma…
- 300g plain flour
- 375g golden caster sugar
- 25g cocoa
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
Bicarbonate of soda
Bicarbonate of soda, or baking soda, is an alkali which is used to raise soda breads and full-…
- 2 medium eggs
- 200g buttermilk or natural yoghurt
Buttermilk
buh-ter-mill-kThere are two types of buttermilk. Traditional buttermilk is a thin, cloudy, slightly tart but…
To assemble
- 425g can pitted cherry, 2 tbsp juice reserved, rest drained
Cherry
che-reeOne of the delights of the summer, cherries are much loved for their succulent texture, flavour…
- 100g morello cherry jam
Cherry
che-reeOne of the delights of the summer, cherries are much loved for their succulent texture, flavour…
- 4 tbsp kirsch (or more juice from a can if you want it to be non-alcoholic)
Kirsch
kirr-sshProduced in mainly in Germany, but also in Switzerland and the Alsace region of France, Kirsch…
- 500ml tub double cream
- 3 tbsp icing sugar
- 1 small punnet fresh cherries (optional)
Cherry
che-reeOne of the delights of the summer, cherries are much loved for their succulent texture, flavour…
Method
Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Grease and line the base of 3 x 20cm cake tins. Boil the kettle. Put the butter and 75g chocolate broken into chunks in a small pan and gently heat, stirring, until completely melted.
Mix together the flour, sugar, cocoa and bicarbonate of soda with a pinch of salt in a mixing bowl. Whisk the eggs and buttermilk or yogurt together. Scrape the melted chocolate mixture and egg mixture into the dry ingredients, add 100ml boiling water and whizz briefly with an electric whisk until the cake batter is lump free.
Divide the mixture between the tins and bake for 25 mins, swapping the tins round after 20 mins if they’re on different shelves. To test they're done, push in a skewer and check that it comes out clean.
Prick the cakes a few times with a skewer. Mix together the 2 tbsp reserved cherry juice and the kirsch (or more juice) and drizzle over the cakes. Cool the cakes.
Mix together the remaining drained cherries and jam. Tip 200ml of the cream into a small pan and heat until just below simmering point. Chop the remaining chocolate and put in a heatproof bowl, pour over the hot cream and stir until melted. Set aside until spreadable.
When the cakes are cool whisk the remaining cream and the icing sugar together until softly whipped. Spread over two of the cakes, then spoon over the jammy cherries. Stack the cakes together. Spread the chocolate cream over the third cake and sit on top of the other cakes. Pile the fresh cherries in and around the cake and serve
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