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Cherry Ripe Cake
Chocolate cake recipe adapted from Ina Garten's Beatty's Chocolate Cake
Total Time
1 hr
Servings: 10 servings
Calories: 1055 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Ingredients
CAKE:
- butter for greasing the pans
- 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups sugar
- ¾ cups good quality cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 ¾ cups of coconut milk
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 2 extra-large eggs at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ cup of cherry brandy or cherry liqueur
- 200 g of glace cherries chopped into small pieces
- 1 cup of shredded coconut
CHERRY COCONUT BUTTERCREAM:
- 125 g of butter cut into cubes
- 1 cup of icing sugar
- 200 g of glace cherries chopped into small pieces
- ¼ cup of shredded coconut
- 2 tsp of cherry brandy
- red food colouring optional
CHOCOLATE GANACHE:
- 1 cup of cream not thickened
- 300 g of dark chocolate chopped
- 1 tablespoon of cherry brandy or liqueur optional
Instructions
- Start with the cake. Preheat the oven to 175 Celsius (350 degrees Fahrenheit) and butter 2 8-inch/20cm round cake tin and line with baking paper.
- Sift the flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment and add the sugar and mix on low speed until combined.
- In another bowl, whisk together the coconut milk, oil, eggs and cherry brandy. With the mixer on low speed, slowly add the wet ingredients to the dry.
- With mixer still on low, add the coconut milk, cherries and coconut and mix until just combined.
- Pour the cake batter into two 20cm prepared cake tins and bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.
- Cool in the pan for 30 minutes, then turn out onto a cake rack and cool completely.
- For the cherry buttercream add the icing sugar and butter into the bowl of an electric mixer and beat until light and fluffy. Add the food colouring, if using, and beat until well combined. Then add the glace cherries, coconut and cherry brandy.
- To make the chocolate ganache place the cream and chocolate in a saucepan over a low heat until melted and smooth. Add the cherry brandy (if using) and set aside and let it come to room temperature.
- To assemble the cake top one cake with the cherry coconut buttercream and then pour the chocolate ganache over the cake, letting it run down the sides. Then use a large offset spatula to spread from the center toward the edges, so that the cake is evenly and completely covered.
- Decorate with fresh cherries or decorate with chopped up cherry ripe bars.
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Nutrition Information
Calories
1055kcal
(53%)
Carbohydrates
123g
(41%)
Protein
9g
(18%)
Fat
60g
(92%)
Saturated Fat
43g
(215%)
Cholesterol
93mg
(31%)
Sodium
580mg
(24%)
Potassium
556mg
(16%)
Fiber
8g
(32%)
Sugar
80g
(160%)
Vitamin A
720IU
(14%)
Vitamin C
0.7mg
(1%)
Calcium
84mg
(8%)
Iron
7.4mg
(41%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 10servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 1055
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 1055kcal | 53% |
| Carbohydrates | 123g | 41% |
| Protein | 9g | 18% |
| Fat | 60g | 92% |
| Saturated Fat | 43g | 215% |
| Cholesterol | 93mg | 31% |
| Sodium | 580mg | 24% |
| Potassium | 556mg | 12% |
| Fiber | 8g | 32% |
| Sugar | 80g | 160% |
| Vitamin A | 720IU | 14% |
| Vitamin C | 0.7mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 84mg | 8% |
| Iron | 7.4mg | 41% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.