Chocolate-mayonnaise cake with cherries and dark-chocolate ganache – Food & Home Magazine

Chocolate-mayonnaise cake with cherries and dark-chocolate ganache – Food & Home Magazine

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An unusual ingredient to add to a chocolate cake, but it makes it wonderfully moist and decadent!

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Ingredients

  • DARK-CHOCOLATE GANACHE
  • 250ml (1 cup) fresh cream
  • 5ml (1 tsp) vanilla paste
  • 350g dark chocolate, finely chopped
  • CHOCOLATE-MAYONNAISE CAKE
  • 5 large eggs
  • 125ml (½ cup) mayonnaise (see ‘Cook’s tips’)
  • 170g castor sugar
  • 80g double-thick plain/Greek yoghurt
  • 45g cocoa
  • 180g self-raising flour
  • 1 x 425g tin black pitted cherries in
  • heavy syrup, drained
  • TOPPINGS
  • 125ml (½ cup) fresh cream, whipped and sweetened
  • ½ x 425g tin black pitted cherries in heavy syrup, drained (see ‘Cook’s tips’)
  • 40g shortbread biscuits, crumbled
  • 30ml (2 tbsp) chocolate chips
  • handful fresh mint leaves (optional)

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