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Chocolate Cherry Cake

Chocolate Cherry Cake

This chocolate cherry cake is fluffy and just perfect with its insert and double flavored cream!
Servings :1 cake

Ingredients
  

Chocolate sponge cake:

  • 4 egg yolks + 150g neutral vegetable oil
  • 300 g all-purpose flour
  • 65 g cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 300 g white sugar
  • 330 g cold water
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Cherry sauce:

  • 150 g frozen cherries (sour cherries)
  • 50 g white sugar
  • 30 g water
  • 10 g cornstarch + 2 tablespoons cold water

Duo Swiss meringue buttercream:

  • 4 egg whites
  • 200 g white sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 250 g butter (softened)
  • 150 g dark chocolate (melted and chilled)
  • 100 g white chocolate (melted and chilled)

Dark chocolate ganache:

  • 50 g dark chocolate
  • 50 g heavy cream

Instructions
 

Chocolate sponge cake:

  • Start by preheating your oven to 350°F-180°C and line 2 pieces of 18cm baking pans with parchment paper.
  • Make the mayonnaise by mixing the egg yolks with the vegetable oil until creamy.
  • Mix the eggs and sugar in a bowl until double in volume.
  • Stir in the mayonnaise and mix well then add the water and vanilla and mix well.
  • Stir in the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt and mix just until incorporated.
  • Pour the batter into the prepared pans and bake for 35-40 minutes until well risen and the cake passes the toothpick test.
  • When done, remove the cakes from the oven and allow to cool down in the pans.
  • Level the cakes then cut each of them into 2 discs. Place aside.

Cherry sauce:

  • Combine the cherries, sugar and water in a saucepan and place over low heat.
  • Cook for 5-10 minutes.
  • Mix the cornstarch with cold water then stir it into the cherry sauce.
  • Cook 1 additional minute just until thickened then remove from heat and allow to cool down, covering the sauce with plastic wrap.

Duo Swiss meringue buttercream:

  • Combine the egg whites, sugar, salt and vanilla in a heatproof bowl and place over a hot water bath.
  • Keep over heat, stirring all the time, until the mixture is hot and the sugar has dissolved completely.
  • Remove from heat and start mixing with an electric mixer until you get a meringue that has a shiny look and it's stiff, while the bowl has gone completely cold.
  • Add the butter, all at once, and mix well on low heat for 2-3 minutes until the mixture curdles then comes back together.
  • When done, split the buttercream in 2/3 and 1/3.
  • Mix 2/3 of the cream with dark chocolate and the 1/3 with white chocolate.
  • Spoon both buttercreams in two piping bags fitted with a round tip.

Dark chocolate ganache:

  • Heat the cream in a saucepan. Remove from heat and add the chocolate.
  • Mix well until smooth then allow to cool to room temperature.

To assemble the cake:

  • Place a disc of sponge cake on a platter then pipe a ring of dark chocolate buttercream, followed by a ring of white chocolate buttercream and a ring of cherry sauce.
  • Continue to do the same with the remaining discs of sponge cake and buttercream.
  • Use the remaining dark chocolate buttercream to cover the cake into an even layer of cream then refrigerate.
  • Pour the ganache over the cake, making sure it drips on the sides.
  • Decorate with Isomalt, fresh fruits or chocolate shards.
Keyword Cherry, Chocolate, Dark Chocolate