Chocolate Cake with Griottines (Sour Cherries)TheWorldWideGourmet.com
Total time: 1hr to 2hr
Preparation time: 30 minutes
Oven temperature: 180° C (350° F)
Baking time: 40 minutes
Difficulty: Easy
Nutritional values
per 100 g
Energy:309.7 kcal
Proteins:6.7 g
Fats:11.8 g
Carbohydrate:47.5 g
Fibers:2.4 g
Sugar:28 g
Cholesterol:107.5 mg
Sodium:100 mg
Calcium:47.2 mg
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INGREDIENTS
Quantity
Weight/Volume
Unit
Ingredient
*Ingredients
250
g
flour
250
g
sugar
120
g
butter
50
g
cocoa
4
eggs
45
ml
hot water
1
packet of baking powder
50
g
sugar
grated chocolate
200
ml
griottine (cherry) juice, with kirsch added
100
griottines (small pitted sour cherries)
METHOD
- Whip the egg yolks with the hot water, gradually beating in the sugar until very fluffy.
- Beat whites to very stiff peaks; gently fold them into the mixture.
- Combine the flour, cocoa and baking powder and sprinkle into the egg mixture.
- Stir the batter until it is smooth. Add the melted butter and fold again.
- Grease a layer cake pan with butter, pour the batter into the pan.
- Bake for 45 minutes in a 180° C (350° F) oven.
Finishing
- When the cake is baked and cooled, cut it in half horizontally.
- Sprinkle the bottom layer with half the kirsch and griottine juice.
- Fill with griottines (setting some aside for decoration) and sugar. Top with the remaining layer of cake, and sprinkle with the remaining kirsch and griottine juice.
- Frost with whipped cream that has been lightly sweetened and flavoured with vanilla, and decorate with powdered chocolate and griottines.
CHEF'S NOTES
Griottines are small sour cherries preserved in alcohol: they're pitted and macerated in a light kirsch syrup. Delicious!
