Black Cherry Sachertorte | What Dad Cooked

Ingredients

• For the torte
• 150g butter
• 100g light moscovado sugar
• 75g caster sugar + 25g caster sugar
• 175g dark chocolate (or 150g + 25g cocoa + extra 25g butter to above amount)
• 75g plain flour
• 75g ground almonds
• 6 large eggs separated
• 1 tsp baking powder (optional)
• 1 tsp vanilla – or 1 tbs Amaretto liqueur
• Pinch salt
• For filling and glaze
• A few spoonfuls of black cherry conserve or jam
• 1 tin black cherries in syrup
• For the chocolate topping
• 200g dark chocolate
• 60ml double cream
• 50g unsalted butter
• 50g caster sugar
• 1 tsp corn syrup, liquid glucose or golden syrup
• 1/2 tsp vanilla