Difficulty
Most of our recipes are easy. Those that require a little more time or cooking skills are rated medium or advanced.
Preparation time
This is how much time you need to prepare this meal.
Total time
This is the time it takes to prepare this meal from start to finish: marinating, baking, cooling etc.
Serving size
This shows how many portions this recipe makes.
Ingredients
Chocolate Sponges
- 200 g dark chocolate, small pieces or callets
- 200 g unsalted butter, diced, plus extra for greasing
- 100 g water
- 250 g caster sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 25 g cocoa powder
- 1 tsp natural vanilla extract
- 250 g self-raising flour
- 80 g sour cream
Whipped Cream
- 750 g double cream
- 75 g golden caster sugar
- 2 tsp natural vanilla extract
Assembly
- 200 g tinned pitted black cherries, in syrup (drained weight), syrup reserved
- 50 g dark chocolate, shavings
- Nutrition
- per 1 slice
- Calories
- 2903 kJ / 694 kcal
- Protein
- 8 g
- Carbohydrates
- 58 g
- Fat
- 49 g
- Saturated fat
- 30 g
- Fiber
- 4 g
- Sodium
- 307 mg
Like what you see? This recipe and more than 80 000 others are waiting for you!
Sign up for free
More information
In Collections
Alternative recipes
Three-milk Cake
2h
Muffaletta Squares
2h 20min
Gluten-free Blondies
1h 20min
Jam Sandwich Biscuits
2h 15 min
Coffee and Walnut Cake
1h 10min
Blueberry Bakewell Traybake
1h 30 min
Bramley Apple Shortcake
1h 20min
Pistachio Cupcakes
40min
Non-alcoholic Christmas Punch
10 min
Raspberry Cheesecake
3h 25min
Sticky Toffee Sponge Cake
1h 30 min
Carrot Cake
2h 30min