Cherry Caprice Dessert
A stunning cake that will be a great addition to any holiday. The combination of chocolate and cherry is a time-tested classic. I recommend preparing this delicate and juicy dessert for your loved ones. This amount of ingredients makes 6-8 servings.
- Total cooking time
- not set
- Number of servings
- 6
- Recipe difficulty
- 4 / 5
Ingredients
for 6 servings
- chocolate 200 g
- butter 200 g
- eggs 7
- sugar 150 g
- flour 250-300 g
- starch 100 g
- breadcrumbs 100 g
- vanilla sugar 2 tsp
- baking powder 2 tsp
- pitted cherries 300 g
- sour cream 500 g
- sugar 150 g
Instructions
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Melt the chocolate using a water bath.
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Cream the butter with sugar and vanilla sugar until smooth.
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Separate the egg whites from the yolks. Add the yolks to the butter mixture and mix.
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Stir in the melted chocolate.
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Mix well.
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Add the starch and mix.
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Add the breadcrumbs and mix.
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Stir in the flour and baking powder, then mix.
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Beat the egg whites.
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Fold the beaten egg whites into the chocolate mixture.
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Mix gently.
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Grease a baking pan (in this case 26 cm in diameter) with butter. Pour in half of the batter. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 25–30 minutes. Prepare 2 cake layers in this way.
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To make the cream, combine sugar and sour cream.
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Cut each finished cake layer lengthwise into 2 parts.
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Layer the first cake piece with cream.
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Cover it with the next layer.
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Apply a layer of cream.
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Add cherries.
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Place the third cake layer and spread it with cream. Cover it with the fourth cake layer. Decorate to taste. In this version, the cake is covered with whipped cream and decorated with chocolate and cherry.