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Chocolate Cake Filled with Cherries and Topped with Chocolate Covered Cherries

August 3, 2021 By Elizabeth 9 Comments

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Good morning friends! I hope that you has a wonderful weekend. Can you believe that it is already August? Baks to school supplies are everywhere and school will be starting in just a few weeks. It seems like the year is flying by, do you feel the same?
Last week I shared a recipe for homemade cherry almond scones and this week I thought would share a scrumptious cake that I have made many times and shared on my old chocolate blog, a chocolate cherry filled cake topped with chocolate covered cherries. If you have some cherries left over from the scone recipe you might want to try this cake.
In my family we love chocolate cake with lots of creamy chocolate frosting. Once in a blue moon we with get crazy and use white buttercream and sometimes we even add a little raspberry filling. This year since I have a plethora of cherries I decided to make my version of black forest cake. Don’t worry it is not complicated at all, the hardest part is making the cherry filling.

Depending upon the tartness of your cherries I would adjust the amount of sugar added. I really did not need much sugar as my cherries were sweet. I like to use either chocolate buttercream frosting or my favorite Hershey’s Perfectly Chocolate Frosting when I make this cake but you can use whatever kind of frosting that you like.

Cake

1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
2 cups granulated sugar
3/4 cups  Unsweetened Cocoa
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup melted butter,
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 cup of hot coffee

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350°. Grease and flour 2  9″ cake pans, or grease and line with parchment paper circles.
In the bowl of your stand mixer, add the flour, sugar,  cocoa baking soda, and salt and mix until combined.  Add the eggs, melted butter, vanilla, and buttermilk, and mix until just combined. Remove the bowl from the mixer and and then stir the hot coffee into the batter by hand.  The batter will be runny.  It’s supposed to be.
Pour into your cake pans and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean with just a few bits of cake stuck to it. For 9 inch pan, that should be anywhere from 20-30 minutes.  Start checking around 15 minutes. If you make in a different size than you will have a different baking time.
When you remove each cake from the oven, let it cool for 5 minutes, then run a knife around the edges of the pan, and carefully tip the pan over on a cooling rack. If you used parchment paper on the bottom remove it. Let cakes cool completely before frosting.

Cherry Filling

1/8 cup granulated sugar
2/12 tablespoons of cornstarch
3 cups of cherries, frozen (pitted)
1 tablespoon butter
1 teaspoon almond extract

In a small saucepan stir the sugar and the cornstarch together, then add the cherries and mix. Place over low-medium heat to melt the cherries. If using fresh cherries I add a couple tablespoons of water to make a little syrup. Continue to cook for about 4 minutes until there is a thick syrup and the mixture comes to a boil. Do not leave unattended or the mixture will burn. Remove from heat and add the butter and the almond extract and mix well. Set aside to cool.

Hershey’s Perfectly Chocolate Frosting

Ingredients

1 stick butter, melted
2/3 cup of Hershey’s cocoa powder
1/3 cup of milk
2 1/2  cups of powdered sugar
1 tsp of vanilla extract

Melt butter in large bowl, whisk or use electric hand held mixer to blend in
cocoa Add one cup of powdered sugar, and a little milk, alternating between the two until both are used up and the frosting is creamy. Add vanilla and blend. Then use to frost the top and sides of the cake.

To assemble cake, cut one layer in half horizontally then place one layer on a plate and add 1/3 of the cherry filling to the center.  spread around. Then top with the next layer of cake add 1/3 filling to the top, add the next layer, top with filling and then add the final layer.
Do not top with the filling( you should not have any left). Frost the entire cake with the Hershey’s chocolate frosting.

Note: You can add frosting to the layers and then add the cherry filling if you like.  You may have some frosting left over depending upon how much frosting you like on your cake or the size of cake pans that you use.

Chocolate Covered Cherry Garnish

Fresh Cherries
Ghirardelli Chocolate Melting Wafers

Follow the directions on the melting wafers and dip in the cherries. Let cool/set and then garnish cake.

Enjoy!

I know that it is only August but the stores are filled to the brim with Fall decor, in fact yesterday I was at TJ Maxx and I saw people with carts filled with pumpkins, wreaths and more. So I thought I would share some of the Fall decor that I have I found lately just in case you want to start your shopping early.

Have a great day friends.



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  1. Paula@SweetPea says

    August 3, 2021 at 8:50 am

    This looks so good!

    Reply
  2. Linda Johnston says

    August 3, 2021 at 9:01 am

    Oh yum! This looks like a special occasion cake! When all of my kids and grands get together, I do like to have something special for them. This qualifies. Saving for later.

    Reply
  3. Stacey says

    August 3, 2021 at 9:44 am

    Oh my – that looks so delicious and decadent! I love the idea of making this for a special occasion – maybe even the holiday season!!

    Reply
  4. Brenda Pruitt says

    August 3, 2021 at 11:12 am

    This looks so delicious I just want to reach in and grab a fork! I love chocolate-covered cherries at Christmastime. I used to buy them from Brachs but haven’t seen them in some years now.
    Brenda

    Reply
  5. May says

    August 3, 2021 at 11:12 am

    Nice recipe. Cherries have been really good this summer.

    Reply
  6. Dee Cottage Comforts Home says

    August 3, 2021 at 9:56 pm

    Oh my word, I just know that this is scrumptious! Your photos are beyond amazing and I felt like that cake was literally just fall right into my plate, hey Why didn’t it?
    Chocolate and cherries for a win-win if you ask me! Thanks so much sharing with us❤

    Reply
    • Elizabeth says

      August 4, 2021 at 9:23 am

      Dee you are very kind, thank you!

      Reply
  7. Leslie Watkins says

    August 3, 2021 at 11:29 pm

    This cake looks amazing! Your photos look like they stepped out of a magazine. Gorgeous! I really don’t need a chocolate cake in this house right now…but, I could always share, right? Can’t wait to try it!

    Reply
    • Elizabeth says

      August 4, 2021 at 9:23 am

      Leslie every day is a good day for a cake my friend and it is even better when shared.

      Reply

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