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Juicy Chocolate Cherry Cake

5 from 5 votes
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Course Dinner
Cuisine European
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
 

  • 100 g Dark chocolate finely grated
  • 125 g Ground almonds
  • 200 g Butter
  • 180 gr Sugar (set aside 2 tbsp)
  • 4 Eggs
  • 2 tbsp Rum (54%)
  • 1 tsp Ground cinnamon
  • 100 g Delicate kölln flakes
  • 3 gest. tsp Baking powder
  • 1 Glass Sour cherries (drained weight 350 g)
  • 1 tbsp Flour for the cherries
  • Icing sugar for later dusting the finished cake

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 175 ° C. Grease the baking pan and dust with flour.
  • Drain the cherries, add 1 tbsp flour, turn and set aside.
  • Mix the baking powder and the kölln flakes, set aside.
  • Separate eggs. Beat egg whites with 2 tablespoons of sugar until stiff, set aside.
  • Beat egg yolks and sugar until frothy, set aside.
  • Beat the butter until frothy, add the egg yolk and sugar mixture that has been beaten before and stir until creamy.
  • Add the rum and ground cinnamon
  • Add chocolate, almonds, kölln flakes and baking powder, stir until a smooth dough is formed.
  • Now carefully fold in the cherries and the stiffly beaten egg white, pour the batter into the baking pan. Bake the cake in the oven at 175 ° C for 45-60 minutes; the cake may have to be covered with aluminum foil in the meantime.
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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 25 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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