Ingredients
CAKE
- 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 cups cake flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 cups buttermilk
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup semisweet or dark chocolate chips, melted
- 4 large eggs
FILLING & FROSTING
- 3 cups heavy whipping cream
- 12 ounce jar Morello (sour) cherries My jar was 24.7 oz/700g total weight, 12 oz/340 g drained weight
- 11/2 tablespoons cherry liquor (kirsch) *see notes
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp cherry juice (from the jar)
- 6 ounces grated dark chocolate
- fresh cherries for garnish optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350° F Grease two 9" round cake pans with butter or nonstick spray and line with parchment paper. Set aside
- In a large mixing bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the cocoa powder, flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
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