Chocolate Cherry Cake Recipe
Ingredients
| 1 18.25- to 18.5-ounce package devil's-food cake mix | ||
| 1 16-ounce can pitted dark sweet cherries in light syrup Kirsch | ||
| Semi-sweet chocolate square | 4 | |
| 2 cups heavy or whipping cream | ||
| Sugar | 1 Tablespoon | |
| Maraschino cherries for garnish | ||
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 10" by 3" springform pan. Prepare cake mix as label directs; pour batter into prepared pan. Bake 45 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched with finger. Cool cake in pan on wire rack 10 minutes; carefully remove side of pan; cool cake completely on rack.
2. Meanwhile, drain cherries and reserve 2 tablespoons syrup; cut each cherry in half. In medium-sized bowl, stir reserved syrup, cherries, and 3 tablespoons kirsch; set aside.
3. From chocolate squares, with vegetable peeler, shave some chocolate curls and reserve for garnish. Coarsely grate remaining chocolate to decorate side of cake.
4. When cake is cool, with serrated knife, carefully cut cake horizontally into 2 layers. Place 1 cake layer on plate. With fork, prick top of cake layers; spoon all liquid from cherry mixture in bowl over layers.
5. In small bowl, with mixer at medium speed, beat heavy or whipping cream, sugar, and 1 tablespoon kirsch until soft peaks form. Spread cake layer on plate with 1 1/2 cups whipped cream. Spoon cherries onto cream; top with remaining cake layer. Frost side and top of cake with about 2 cups whipped cream. With hand,
gently press grated chocolate onto side of cake.
Spoon remaining whipped cream into decorat-. ing bag with rosette tube; pipe border around top of cake. Top cake with Maraschino cherries and chocolate curls. Keep cake refrigerated.
2. Meanwhile, drain cherries and reserve 2 tablespoons syrup; cut each cherry in half. In medium-sized bowl, stir reserved syrup, cherries, and 3 tablespoons kirsch; set aside.
3. From chocolate squares, with vegetable peeler, shave some chocolate curls and reserve for garnish. Coarsely grate remaining chocolate to decorate side of cake.
4. When cake is cool, with serrated knife, carefully cut cake horizontally into 2 layers. Place 1 cake layer on plate. With fork, prick top of cake layers; spoon all liquid from cherry mixture in bowl over layers.
5. In small bowl, with mixer at medium speed, beat heavy or whipping cream, sugar, and 1 tablespoon kirsch until soft peaks form. Spread cake layer on plate with 1 1/2 cups whipped cream. Spoon cherries onto cream; top with remaining cake layer. Frost side and top of cake with about 2 cups whipped cream. With hand,
gently press grated chocolate onto side of cake.
Spoon remaining whipped cream into decorat-. ing bag with rosette tube; pipe border around top of cake. Top cake with Maraschino cherries and chocolate curls. Keep cake refrigerated.
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