Black forest cake with a TWIST- Chocolate Cherry Cake

Chocolate Cherry Cake looks like black forest cake but it has a TWIST to it. This cake is perfect for a holiday season or for a casual weekend at home.

Chocolate Cherry Cake

Prep in: 45 minutes

Cooks in: 15 minutes

Total in: 60 minutes

Makes: 4 servings

Ingredients

• 2 Whole Eggs
• 200 grams All Purpose Flour (Maida)
• 50 grams Butter
• 3 tablespoon Cocoa Powder
• 80 ml Milk
• 1/2 cup Heavy whipping cream
• 200 grams Sugar
• 1 cup Chocolate chips
• 1 cup Fresh Cherries
• 1 teaspoon Baking powder
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
• Salt, to taste

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How to make

• To begin with the Chocolate Cherry Cake recipe first, Cream together the butter(must be at room temperature) and granulated sugar, you can use a whisk or do this in a standing mixture.
• Now add eggs and milk to this mix and keep mixing till it looks all combined and become smooth.
• Now in another bowl mix flour, baking powder, salt, cocoa powder making sure there are no lumps in the dry mix.
• To this dry mixture add the wet chocolate mixture and mix it slowly so that they combine well. DON’T over-mix else you will end up with a dense cake.
• Now take a cake pan lined with parchment paper and pour in the mix which should be of flowy consistency.
• Put the cake pan in the oven and bake at 350C for 15min, keep checking at regular intervals if this is your first time baking.
• Now for the chocolate ganache, in a heavy bottom pan boil the heavy cream and add the chocolate chips and leave it for 3 minutes.
• Now whisk the cream thoroughly so that it becomes a smooth flowy paste and put it in the fridge for a smooth buttery texture
• For the caramel, add sugar in a pan with a teaspoon of butter and keep whisking it till it melts completely and turns into golden syrup, do this on low heat to avoid burning the caramel.
• Check the cake by inserting a toothpick, if it comes out clean it means the cake is cooked completely.
• Slice the cake into layers if you wish you and cover the entire cake in ganache, top it with cherries.
• Finally, add golden strings of caramel by slowing drizzling in the caramel to the cherries and generously coating it. You can add confectionary/icing sugar also if you wish.
• Your chocolate Cherry Cake is ready to be served with some espresso. Perfect for the holiday season or for a casual weekend at home as an evening tea time snack.