Chocolate cherry cake

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 150 g butter or margarine
• 180 g sugar
• 5 eggs, separated
• 200 g rusks or ladyfingers
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 125 ml white wine
• 3 tbsp cherry brandy
• 150 g hazelnuts, grated
• 3 tbsp chocolate flakes
• 1 kg cherries
• 200 g sour cream
• 50 ml cherry juice
• 2 packs of cream stiffener

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 1 hour; Total time approx. 1 hour 20 minutes

very juicy

Mix butter and sugar. Gradually stir in egg yolks. Crumble the rusks or ladyfingers and stir in with the baking powder, white wine, and kirsch. Stir in the hazelnuts and chocolate flakes. Beat the egg whites and fold in the pitted cherries. Pour the batter into a cake tin lined with baking paper and bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for about 60 minutes. Cool slightly, then remove from the tin and let cool completely. Mix the sour cream with the cherry juice and cream stabilizer. Spread in dollops over the cake. Sprinkle with a few chocolate flakes on top.