Chocolate Cherry Cake
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About the bake
This chocolate cherry cake recipe is a recipe by Jason Atherton. It's so delicious and very easy to make. Perfect to bake as a gift for someone or just for you!
8 ingredients5 steps
Ingredients
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- 200gPlain chocolate (70% cocoa) (broken into pieces)
- 125gButter (unsalted) (cubed)
- 50gAlmonds (ground)
- 100gAllinson's Self Raising Flour
- 4Egg(s) (free range) (large)
- 125gBillington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar
- 2 tbspJam (cherry)
- Cherries (halved)
Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 180°C (gas mark 4). Line a 20cm cake tin with baking paper.
Step 2
Place chocolate and butter in a bowl over a pan of simmering water. Melt, then cool and stir in ground almonds and flour.
Step 3
In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs and sugar for 5 minutes, then fold the egg mixture into the chocolate.
Step 4
Spoon the cake batter into the tin. Bake for 20-25 minutes, until set but slightly soft in the centre.
Step 5
Remove from the oven, allow to cook in the tin then transfer to a wire rack. Spread with warm cherry jam and top with fresh cherries.