Chocolate and Farmer's Cheese Cake with Cherry - recipe with photo

Chocolate and Farmer's Cheese Cake with Cherry

Moist chocolate and farmer's cheese batter combined with aromatic cherry jelly. This is a wonderful dessert to treat your loved ones to. The recipe is quite simple. Instead of homemade jelly, you can use a ready-made semi-finished product (for example, lemon). These ingredients make 6-8 servings.

Total cooking time
not set
Number of servings
6
Recipe difficulty
4 / 5

Ingredients

for 6 servings

  • butter 150 g
  • sugar 100 g
  • eggs 3
  • cocoa powder 30 g
  • flour 100-150 g
  • baking powder 2 tsp
  • farmer's cheese 300 g
  • sugar 100 g
  • eggs 2
  • sour cream 150 g
  • pitted cherries 400 g
  • gelatin 30 g
  • sugar 50 g

Instructions

Preparing the dough

Step 1 of 18

Cream the butter and sugar.

Step 2 of 18

Add the eggs.

Step 3 of 18

Mix together.

Step 4 of 18

Add cocoa powder.

Step 5 of 18

Mix together.

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Add the flour and baking powder. Mix.

Preparing the farmer's cheese mixture

Step 7 of 18

Mix the farmer's cheese with sugar.

Step 8 of 18

Add the eggs. Mix.

Step 9 of 18

Add the sour cream. Mix.

Step 10 of 18

Grease a baking pan with butter (a pan with a diameter of 26 cm was used in the original). Pour in ⅔ of the batter.

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Spread the farmer's cheese mixture on top.

Step 12 of 18

Add the remaining batter.

Step 13 of 18

If desired, create swirls using a skewer. Place in an oven preheated to 180 degrees. Bake for 40–45 minutes.

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Let cool.

Step 15 of 18

Arrange the cherries.

Step 16 of 18

Soak the gelatin in 300–400 ml of water for the time specified on the package. Heat almost to boiling, but do not boil. Add sugar. Stir. Cool to room temperature.

Step 17 of 18

Cover the cherries with a thin layer of jelly. Place in the refrigerator for 30–40 minutes (so that the layer sets and does not soak into the cake).

Step 18 of 18

Pour over the remaining jelly. Place in the refrigerator until completely set (for 3–4 hours).