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Black Foreat Gateau

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Yields1 Serving
 200g butter
 200g caster sugar
 4 eggs
 175g self raising flour
 25g Cocoa powder
 Dash of vanilla extract
 Up to 2 tblspn milk
 Can or jar of morello cherries
 A little Kirsch ( optional )
 50g grated dark chocolate
 500ml double cream
 1 tspn vanilla bean paste or seeds from 1 vanilla pod
 2 tblspn a black cherry jam
1

Heat oven to 180C

2

Grease and line 2 7" cake tins

3

Put the butter , sugar , eggs ,flour, vanilla extract and sifted flour and cocoa powder and milk into a large bowl

4

Mix all the ingredients .

5

Divide the mixture between the 2 cake tins . Level off the top and bake for about 20 minutes or until well risen .

6

Cool on wire racks

7

Meanwhile whisk the cream and vanilla paste

8

Take out a little cream and fold some of the cherries through it

9

Poke a few holes in the sponges and sprinkle on a little kirsch ( if using ) or juice from the cherries

10

Spread 1 of the cakes with the jam and the other with the cream/cherry mix

11

Sandwich the cakes together

12

Smooth cream around the sides of the cake . Roll the cakes on the grated chocolate

13

Spread more cream on the top sprinkle with a little more chocolate

14

Pipe some cream swirls on top of the cake and decorate with more cherries

15

Chill before serving

Ingredients

 200g butter
 200g caster sugar
 4 eggs
 175g self raising flour
 25g Cocoa powder
 Dash of vanilla extract
 Up to 2 tblspn milk
 Can or jar of morello cherries
 A little Kirsch ( optional )
 50g grated dark chocolate
 500ml double cream
 1 tspn vanilla bean paste or seeds from 1 vanilla pod
 2 tblspn a black cherry jam

Directions

1

Heat oven to 180C

2

Grease and line 2 7" cake tins

3

Put the butter , sugar , eggs ,flour, vanilla extract and sifted flour and cocoa powder and milk into a large bowl

4

Mix all the ingredients .

5

Divide the mixture between the 2 cake tins . Level off the top and bake for about 20 minutes or until well risen .

6

Cool on wire racks

7

Meanwhile whisk the cream and vanilla paste

8

Take out a little cream and fold some of the cherries through it

9

Poke a few holes in the sponges and sprinkle on a little kirsch ( if using ) or juice from the cherries

10

Spread 1 of the cakes with the jam and the other with the cream/cherry mix

11

Sandwich the cakes together

12

Smooth cream around the sides of the cake . Roll the cakes on the grated chocolate

13

Spread more cream on the top sprinkle with a little more chocolate

14

Pipe some cream swirls on top of the cake and decorate with more cherries

15

Chill before serving

Black Foreat Gateau

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