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Chocolate fudge cake with rich cherry syrup

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Ingredients

  • For the cake:

  • 100g softened butter, plus extra for greasing
  • 200ml milk
  • 1tbsp red wine vinegar
  • 140ml double cream
  • 2tbsp sugar
  • 2 whole eggs
  • 300g self raising flour, sifted
  • 50g cocoa powder, sifted
  • 1tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 225g golden caster sugar
  • 225g plain chocolate

  • For the cherry syrup:

  • 200g fresh cherries, stoned
  • 150ml Kirsch
  • Squeeze of lime juice

  • For the Technique: Icing Adding a mixture of icing sugar and water, butter or cream to a cake or cupcake for a decorative finish. I know this Teach me, please icing :

  • 100g plain chocolate
  • 100g butter
  • 50ml double cream

  • For the garnish:

  • Punnet of clotted cream

Use imperial measurements

Method

How to make Chocolate fudge cake with rich cherry syrup

1) Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas 4. Grease a 20cm cake tin and line with greaseproof paper.

2) Mix the milk, vinegar and double cream in a bowl. Place all the other cake ingredients into a large mixing bowl, add to the wet ingredients and beat with an electric hand Technique: Whisk Using light, rapid sweeping strokes to thicken or thoroughly combine ingredients. You can also use a whisk attachment attached to a food processor. I know this Teach me, please whisk until smooth. Pour the cake mixture into the prepared cake tin and bake for 1 hour .

3) Allow to cool, then remove the cake from the tin and place on a cooling rack.

4) For the syrup, mix the ingredients together. For the Technique: Icing Adding a mixture of icing sugar and water, butter or cream to a cake or cupcake for a decorative finish. I know this Teach me, please icing , melt the chocolate and butter in a bain-marie, then beat in the cream.

5) Cut the cake in half and drizzle the syrup over both of the cut sides. Spread the Technique: Icing Adding a mixture of icing sugar and water, butter or cream to a cake or cupcake for a decorative finish. I know this Teach me, please icing on top of the syrup, sandwich the cake together and spread the remaining Technique: Icing Adding a mixture of icing sugar and water, butter or cream to a cake or cupcake for a decorative finish. I know this Teach me, please icing over the entire cake. Serve each Technique: Slice Cutting a thin piece or pieces from a larger ingredient or dish. You can slice ingredients using a slicing disc fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please slice with dollop of clotted cream.