I've seen this one so many times on numerous cooking shows or in magazines that I had to give it a shot. It looked so pretty. Yup, I tend to be vain when it comes to food, no need to deny it.
I knew it would never beat the ultimate chocolate cake which I will post in the future but I just had to try it to boast. So, there are several recipes I'd seen but I decided on trying the alcohol-free version.
You'll need:
- 700ml jar of sour cherries (keep a cup of the liquid)
- 50g melted butter
- 60g flour
- 40g cocoa powder
- 4 eggs
- 130g sugar
- 600ml heavy cream (40% fat)
- 2 tea spoon vanilla extract
- 30g sugar
1) Preheat your oven to 180°C, prepare your cake pan by buttering it or by using baking paper.
2) Whisk the eggs with the sugar and then place it over simmering water and keep whisking till luke warm. Then take it from there and with the use of electric mixer beat it till it thickens. Then try to sift in the dry ingredients one third at a time while folding the whole stuff (folding, not mixing, you want it light-textured). At the end add the melted butter, pour the mixture in the cake pan, tap it to get rid of the bubbles and put it in the oven for about 30 minutes.
3) Take the cool heavy cream and add the sugar and vanilla in it. Stir till combined and then beat till creates stiff peaks.
4) When the cake is cool, you can cut it in half so that you have two layers now.
5) Pour a bit of the excess cherry sauce on each half of the cake so that it is moist but not drenched.
6) Now assembly-> cake, 1/2 whipped cream, cherries, cake, the second half of whipped cream, cherries which are left from the dense third layer.
7) You can also decorate with real cherries (but where the heck am I supposed to find them in winter?!) and chocolate shavings.
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