Black Cherry Cake Recipe

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A slice of black cherries fruit cake

Ingredients

Sponge

  • 120 g of sponge mix
  • 2 eggs
  • 30 ml of milk
  • ˝ tsp of vanilla essence
  • 30 g of butter (melted)

    • Filling

  • 1 slice chocolate sponge
  • 300g fresh cream (whipped)
  • 1 canned black cherry

    • Preparation

    1. To make sponge cake, preheat oven to 180°C; line bottom of a 18cm (7-in) cake tin with greaseproof paper.
    2. Beat sponge mix, eggs and milk in a mixer with high speed until light and fluffy.
    3. Turn to low speed, mix in essence and fold in melted butter until well blended.
    4. Spread batter into prepared tin and bake for 20 minutes.
    5. Remove from oven and cool completely.
    6. Split into 2 layers.
    7. Filling: cut chocolate sponge cake into strips.
    8. Drain well black cherry and reserve syrup.
    9. To assemble, sprinkle some reserved syrup over sponge cake.
    10. Spread with whipped cream.
    11. Arrange with cake strips and cherries on top.
    12. Spread cream again and repeat same method until cake strips finished.
    13. Coat cake with whipped cream.
    14. Sides with some melted chocolate.
    15. Top with cherries.

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