Chocolate Cherry Cake is a perfect festive cake recipe and holiday dessert completely made at home. This scrumptious and soft cake is a must for chocoholics (die-hard chocolate lovers). Great choice for Birthdays, gatherings, Eid and kitty parties. No age bar. Everyone is going to love this.
This Chocolate Cherry Cake has its layers studded with cherries above and even more cherries buried inside. Drizzled and decorated with whipped cream with a rich chocolate glaze and garnished with cherries. When ready it just looks like a pro baker’s work.
I and my kids love cherries and I am sure your kids too. When the cherry season is up, it’s time to bake this yummilicious Chocolate Cherry Cake. A great summer treat, moody changer, and depression reliever.
So what are you waiting for? Grab your apron and let’s start.
Ingredients of Chocolate Cherry Cake
- Eggs - 5 Pcs
- All-Purpose Flour - 5 tbsp
- Icing Sugar - 5 tbsp
- Sugar - 2 tbsp
- Cocoa Powder - 2 tbsp
- Cherry Tin - 1 pc
- Lemon Juice - 1 tbsp
- Whipped Cream - 2 Cups
- Chocolate Slab - For Garnishing
- Edible Oil - 1/2 Cup
- Vanilla Essence (Flavor) - 1/4 tsp
Steps for Chocolate Cherry Cake
Separate egg white and yolk. Sieve maida (all purpose flour) and cocoa powder together. Grease the cake mold with ghee or butter and sprinkle flour over it.
Beat Egg white until fluffy. Then add egg yolk along with vanilla essence and beat. Now add sugar to it and go on beating at high speed. Beat till fluffy and peaks are formed.
Now slowly add sieved flour and cocoa powder to it. Use a spatula to mix it and rotate in one direction only. When all flour is properly mixed add oil to it.
Put the batter in the greased mold and bake in preheated oven for 15 min @ 200-250 degrees. After 15 minutes, take the tin out and prick a toothpick to check if the cake is done. If it comes out clean then its done otherwise need to keep another 5 minutes.
Let the cake cool for 10 min and then turn it upside down in a flat dish. Leave it to cool for sometime. Make three layers of the cake. Melt 2 tablespoons normal sugar in 1 cup water and sprinkle over the layers to sweeten the cake.
Take the Cherry Tin and deseed the cherries. Take the liquid syrup from the tin in a pan. Add lemon juice and cornstarch to it. Cook until it thickens. Add half of the deseeded cherries to it. Whisk the whipped cream until fluffy and peaks are formed.
Put the first layer of the cake on a serving plate or base, Add a generous amount of whipped cream and spread it. Put the second layer over it. Apply the cherry mixture over it and spread it. Now put the third layer and cover the whole cake with whipped cream.
Garnish it with Grated Chocolate and cherries. Your Scrumptious Chocolate Cherry cake is ready to rock.
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