Chocolate-Cherry Cake

Ingredients for 10 servings:

• 200 g margarine, soft or butter
• 175 g sugar
• 1 tbsp vanilla sugar
• ½ bottle of rum flavoring
• 1 pinch of salt
• 4 eggs
• 125 g flour (wheat flour)
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 100 g chocolate (chocolate flakes)
• 100 g almond(s), ground
• 1 jar sour cherries (drained weight 370 g)
• 2 tbsp sugar (granulated sugar)

Instructions

Working time approx. 15 minutes; Total time approx. 15 minutes

For the batter, beat the margarine or butter with a hand mixer fitted with a whisk on high speed until smooth. Gradually stir in the sugar, vanilla sugar, rum flavoring, and salt, stirring until the mixture is thickened. Gradually beat in the eggs, one at a time (each egg for about 30 minutes). Mix the flour with the baking powder, sift, and stir in portions on medium speed. Briefly stir in the chocolate and almonds. Pour the batter into a springform pan (26 cm diameter, greased base) and smooth it down. For the topping, drain the sour cherries well in a sieve and scatter them over the batter, leaving about 1 cm free around the edges. Place the pan on the oven rack. Top/bottom heat: about 180 °C (preheated) Fan oven: about 160 °C (not preheated) Gas mark 2-3 (not preheated) Baking time: 35-45 min. Allow to cool after baking and sprinkle cake with sugar before serving.