#Chocolatechallenge
Level: Amateur

I didn’t want to pass up a chocolate challenge, although unfortunately this is the only chocolatey recipe I’ve found that I’ve taken more or less decent photos of. The cake is a variation of the black forest cake, but with a lot more chocolate, which I made for my (now ex) mother-in-law’s birthday.

Ingredients

Chocolate sponge cake (for 4 layers)

• 6 large eggs

• 200 g sugar

• 120 g flour 0000

• 50 g bitter cocoa powder

• 150 g bitter chocolate (70%)

• 80 g butter

• 1 teaspoon of baking powder

• 1 pinch of salt

• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence

Cherry syrup

• 200 ml cherry juice or preserving liquid

• 50 ml of homemade cherry liqueur or kirsch

• 2 tablespoons of sugar

Filling

• 400 ml of heavy cream (whipped with 2 tablespoons of powdered sugar)

• 150 g cherry jam

• 200 g fresh cherries or cherries in syrup (pitted)

Cherry ganache (for the central layer)

• 100 g semi bitter chocolate

• 80 ml milk cream

• 2 tablespoons cherry jam

• 1 tablespoon cherry liqueur

Coverage

• 400 ml milk cream

• 3 tablespoons of powdered sugar

• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence

Decoration

• 300 g semi bitter chocolate

• Chocolate shavings

• Fresh cherries, in syrup and dipped in chocolate

Applied techniques

• Tempering, emulsion and crystallization

I hope to make something new that I can take better pictures of before the challenge is over.

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