Cherry chocolate cream cake Black Forest style

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 3 eggs, class M
• 100 g sugar
• 100 g flour, (405)
• 30 g cornstarch
• 20 g cocoa powder, unsweetened
• 1 pinch of baking powder
• 75 g flour
• 50 g butter
• 25 g sugar
• Jam, for shortcrust pastry
• 500 g sour cherries, with some juice
• 10 g cornstarch, for cherries
• Sugar, as needed for cherries
• 1 pinch(s) cinnamon, for cherries
• 1,000 g cream
• 100 g dark chocolate coating
• 4 sheets of gelatin
• 40 g cherry brandy
• 20 g dark chocolate coating
• 18 pieces of candied cherries

Instructions

Working time approx. 1 hour; Rest time approx. 4 hours; Total time approx. 5 hours

For the cake base, beat the eggs and sugar until frothy. Sift the flour, cornstarch, cocoa, and baking powder. Carefully fold the sifted flour into the egg mixture using a wooden spoon. Pour the sponge mixture into a springform pan with the bottom lined with paper. Bake at 160°C for 20-30 minutes. Make a dough using the shortcrust pastry ingredients and roll out a thin base. Bake at 160°C for 10 minutes until golden brown. Once cooled, cut the sponge cake in half. Place the top layer on the jam-covered shortcrust base and press down. Cook a cream with cherry juice, a little cornstarch, and cinnamon until not too firm, and fold in the cherries. Spread the cherries, while still warm, on the cake base and smooth it down. Place an aluminum ring around the base to hold the cream in place. Whip 400g of cream (well chilled). Warm the kirsch and dissolve the soaked gelatin. Then quickly stir the kirsch into the cream. Pour the cream into the tin. Place the second layer on top of the kirsch and cream. Whip 300g of cream. Melt the chocolate coating for the chocolate cream in a water bath, not too hot. Mix some of the cream with the chocolate coating, then immediately whisk it into the remaining cream. Spread the chocolate cream on the layer. Chill the cake for at least 4 hours. Remove the aluminum ring and cover the cake with the remaining cream and garnish with chocolate shavings. Finally, pipe rosettes and arrange candied cherries on top.