INGREDIENTS
- 125ml Cake flour
- 125ml cocoa powder
- 250ml Caster sugar
- 80ml melted butter
- 5 eggs
Topping and Filling
- 225g plain cream cheese
- 125ml unsalted butter
- 60ml icing sugar
- 80ml double cream
- Fresh cherries
- Icing sugar for dusting
- 200g of glazed cherries, chopped
- 290g of Rhodes strawberry jam
- 225g plain chocolate
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.Grease your 8inch round baking tin.
- Put eggs and sugar in a large bowl and whisk until the mixture is thick.
- Sift together flour and cocoa to the egg mixture,fold in gently.
- Pour the mixture into the melted butter and divide the batter into two and bake for 30 to 40 minutes.
- Cut the cakes into half .
For the filling:
- In a large bowl beat cream cheese and butter until soft and creamy.
- Add icing sugar then the double cream until well combined.
- In separate bowl mix the strawberry jam and the chopped cherries together .
- Spread the cream cheese frosting and top it with cherry topping,repeat layers .
- Use the remaining cream to decorate the top with crushed chocolate,cherries and icing sugar.
