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Cherry and chocolate layer cake
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Publish Date: 2018-02-20 12:43:42
Description: Cherry and chocolate layer cake This special cake is ideal for special occasions, especially if people don’t like fruit cake for birthdays and other special days. You will need 23 cm loose bottomed tin Preheat oven to 180ºC, 350ºF, Gas 4 Grease and line the tin 200 g soft butter 200 g soft brown sugar 1 teaspoon of vanilla ( You could use almond extract) Cream these until they are light and fluffy Sieve 220 g Self Raising Flour 25 f cocoa powder Sieve 1/3 of this over the creamed mixture Beat 3 eggs together and mix with the creamed and flour mix, beating well The flour will stop the mixture splitting Sift in the rest of the flour mixture with 50 g ground almonds and fold in Spoon this into your tin and set a dish in the centre to get a flat top when baked Bake for a minim of 40 minutes, but it will likely need longer As you put the mix into the oven, turn it down to 170ºC, 325ºF, Gas 3 Use a skewer to test, but make it bake for 40 minutes minimum without disturbing Allow the cake to cool of 15 minutes in the tin, and then remove the sides of the springform tin Leave to cool completely and then remove the tin base Cut the cake into 3 even parallel pieces Separate the slices and Use 4 tablespoons of syrup from the cherries, or cherry brandy On the first slice, sprinkle 2 tablespoons of the liquid For the filling 400 g tin cherries 150 ml whipping cream Beat the cream smooth half over the base, then space half the cherries over the cream Add the next layer and repeat then put the lid on To cover 100 g dark chocolate 30 ml double cream Melt together under gentle heat and use this to cover the cake
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