Black Forest gâteau recipe

Name: Black Forest gâteau recipe
Ingredients: 100g 70 per cent cocoa dark chocolate; 50g cocoa powder; 1 vanilla pod, seeds scraped; 200g unsalted butter, softened; 300g dark soft brown sugar; 5 eggs; 275g plain flour; 2 tsp baking powder; 60g caster sugar; 100ml kirsch or cherry brandy; 400g cherries, 300g de-stemmed and stoned, the rest left whole, to garnish; 600ml double cream; 2 tbsp icing sugar; Grated chocolate, to garnish

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A deconstructed and stacked-up take on the Seventies classic Black Forest cake, starring cherries steeped in kirsch and plenty of grated chocolate.

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