Make this Chocolate Cherry Cake your new Celebration Cake | Women's Weekly Food

Make this Chocolate Cherry Cake your new Celebration Cake | Women's Weekly Food

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This stunning layer cake combines layers of chocolate sponge with a cherry filling, white ganache, chocolate frosting & caramel sauce!

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Ingredients

  • 250g butter, softened
  • 2 ½ cups (550g) caster sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 6 eggs
  • 1 ½ cups (225g) self-raising flour
  • ½ cup (75g) plain flour
  • 1 cup (100g) Dutch-processed cocoa
  • 250g sour cream
  • ¼ cup (60ml) milk
  • fresh cherries, to serve
  • WHITE GANACHE
  • 250g good-quality white chocolate, chopped finely
  • ½ cup (120g) sour cream
  • CHERRY FILLING
  • 1 cup (320g) cherry jam
  • 100g frozen pitted cherries, chopped finely
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • CHOCOLATE FROSTING
  • 300ml pouring cream
  • 250g dark chocolate (45%), chopped finely
  • CHOCOLATE CARAMEL SAUCE
  • 1½ cups (330g) caster sugar
  • 1 cup (250ml) pouring cream
  • 50g cold diced butter
  • pinch of salt
  • 100g coarsely chopped dark chocolate (45%)

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