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Ingredients
  • subheading: CHOCOLATE CAKE:
  • 6 large eggs , at room temperature (Note 7)
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 ¼ cup caster sugar (superfine sugar)
  • ½ cup dutch processed cocoa powder (or unsweetened regular cocoa power, Note 1)
  • ⅔ cup plain flour (all-purpose flour)
  • 150g / 10.5 tbsp unsalted butter , melted and cooled
  • subheading: CHERRY SYRUP:
  • 670g / 23.5 oz pitted morello cherries in syrup (sour cherries, in jar or can) , drained and juice reserved (Note 2)
  • ⅓ cup kirsch or cherry liqueur (optional - sub with more reserved cherry juice, Note 3)
  • ½ cup caster sugar (superfine sugar)
  • 4 tsp cornflour / cornstarch
  • subheading: DECORATING:
  • 4 cups / 1 litre thickened / heavy cream (Note 4)
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • ⅓ cup soft icing sugar / powdered sugar (Australia: Not pure icing sugar, Note 5)
  • 100g / 3.5 oz dark chocolate / bittersweet chocolate
  • 12 maraschino or fresh cherries (for decorating top of cake)
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