Sour cherry and chocolate simnel cake with hazelnut marzipan recipe
For a modern twist on a classic Easter cake, try John Whaite's chocolate simnel cake with sour cherries, choc ganache and hazelnut marzipan.
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Ingredients
- 120g unsalted butter, softened, plus extra to grease
- 100g caster sugar
- 300g dark brown muscovado sugar
- 135g (when drained) cherries in kirsch
- 100g full-fat Greek yogurt
- 4 large free-range eggs
- 320g self-raising flour
- 80g cocoa powder
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 200ml cherry juice drink (or pomegranate juice)
- 250g dried sour cherries
- 1 large egg
- 75g caster sugar
- 80g icing sugar
- 15g liquid glucose (from the baking section in supermarkets)
- 1 tbsp brandy, rum or vodka
- 200g blanched hazelnuts, finely ground in a food processor
- 100g Bournville chocolate
- 100ml double cream
- 50g Nutella Cocoa powder for dusting
- you’ll also need…
- 23cm x 8-10cm deep cake tin
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