Simple Cherry Chocolate Cake
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Simple Cherry Chocolate Cake
Description
The cake starts by creaming softened butter and brown sugar until fluffy, then eggs are incorporated gradually. A blend of plain flour, baking powder, and cocoa powder is sifted and folded in with care to achieve a light texture. Adding halved, pitted cherries brings juicy bursts throughout the cake's soft crumb. Flaked almonds are spread in the pan before baking to toast slightly and add crunch on top.
After baking, the cake is cooled on a wire rack and dusted with icing sugar, serving 8 to 10 people. The balance between the slightly bitter cocoa, sweet cherries, and nutty almonds offers a nuanced chocolate cake experience. The recipe notes suggest optional additions like chopped dark chocolate for extra richness.
Enjoy this cake as a dessert or teatime treat with a moderate shelf life of three days when stored properly.
Ingredients
- 25 g flaked almonds or ground almonds
- 170 g butter softened or buttery spread
- 85 g brown sugar soft
- 155 g plain flour
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- 15 g cocoa powder
- 2 egg lightly beaten, large
- 200 - 220 g Cherry pitted & halved
- icing sugar for dusting
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 190°C.
- Grease and flour a 20cm spring form baking tin.
- Sprinkle on the flaked almonds.
- Cream together the butter/spread and soft brown sugar until pale and fluffy. (Use an electric whisk or stand mixer).
- Beat in the egg a little at a time until fully incorporated.
- Sieve the flour, baking powder and cocoa powder together in a bowl.
- Gradually fold in the flour mixture, a spoonful at a time with a large metal spoon (moving in a figure of 8) until fully mixed in.
- Then fold in the cherry halves.
- Spoon the mixture into the cake tin and place on the middle shelf of oven.
- Bake for 30 - 35 minutes until an inserted skewer comes out clean or cake springs back to the touch.
- Turn cake out onto a wire rack to cool.
- Once cool dust with icing sugar.
- Serves 8 – 10 and keeps for 3 days.
Notes
- Adding chopped dark chocolate (about 100g) along with the cherries can intensify the chocolate flavor.
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