Black Forest Gateau – CHOCOCRAFT

Ingredients

• 6 eggs
• 200g / 7oz / scant 1 cup caster sugar
• 5ml/ 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 50g/ 2oz / ½ cup plain flour
• 50g / 2oz/ ½ cup cocoa powder
• 115g / 4oz/ ½ cup unsalted butter, melted
• 60ml/ 4 tbsp Kirsch
• 600ml/ 1 pint/ 2 ½ cups double cream
• 30ml /2 tbsp icing sugar
• 2.5ml/ ½ tsp vanilla essence
• 675g /1 ½ Ib jar stoned Morello cherries, well drained
• icing sugar, for dusting
• grated chocolate Chocolate Curls
• fresh or drained canned Morello cherries