Chocolate Cake With A Butter Icing And Cherry Compote | Lurpak®

Ingredients

• 500 g fresh or frozen cherries, pitted
• 150 g caster sugar
• 1 orange, juice and zest
• 1 vanilla pod, seeds scraped out
• 225 g Lurpak® Butter Unsalted, slightly softened
• 225 g caster sugar
• 4 large free-range eggs, beaten
• 4 tbsp cold espresso coffee
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 275 g self-raising flour, sieved
• 4 tbsp cocoa powder
• 1 tsp baking powder
• Pinch of salt
• 75 g Lurpak® Butter Unsalted, slightly softened
• 75 g icing sugar
• 75 g soft dark-brown sugar
• 50 g Lurpak® Butter Unsalted
• 100 g dark chocolate
• 50 g caster sugar
• 50 ml cream