Dark chocolate cake, served with berry glaze and chocolate shavings

2018-03-18 09:40:07

Serves 12

A delicious decedent chocolate cake... perfect for any occasion (you may need to make 2... one for you and one for the occasion).

Prep Time

15 min

Cook Time

45 min

Total Time

1 hr

Prep Time

15 min

Cook Time

45 min

Total Time

1 hr

For the Cake

For the Icing

For the Berry Glaze

For the Shavings

For the Cake

Preheat the oven to 170°C
Gently melt together the butter and the chocolate and allow to cool.
Place sugar into a large bowl and sift in the cocoa powder, flour and raising agents.
Whisk the eggs until light and pale. Mix into the dry ingredients.
Stir in the cooled chocolate mixture, oil, buttermilk, sour cream and colour if using.
Divide the mixture into two greased 180cm cake tins and bake for around 45 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.
Set aside to cool.

For the icing

Bring the cream and buttermilk to the boil.
Pour over Chocolate and blitz until smooth using a stick blender.
Blend in the Butter and allow to rest, covered with clingfilm overnight at room temperature.

For the Glaze

Place water Caster Sugar in a small saucepan.
Stir over low heat until sugar dissolves.
Bring to the boil for 2 mins.
Take off heat, add cherries and allow them to stand in syrup for 5 mins.
Strain cherries from syrup.
Return syrup to saucepan and heat to a simmer for 10-15 mins or until thick and syrupy.
Cool slightly, return cherries to syrup and mix through berries.

For the Shavings

By BrenDrew

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