Chocolate Cherry Cake
A glace-cherry chocolate loaf — cocoa-rich condensed milk batter folded with chopped cherries and chocolate chips. Soft, dotted with ruby and dark studs.
Per serving
Ingredients
- 150 gMaida
- 1 1/4 tspBaking powder
- 1/2 tspBaking soda
- 25 gCocoa powder
- 65 gGlace cherries, chopped
- 25 gChocolate chips
- 95 mlOil
- 200 gCondensed milk (milkmaid)
- 90 mlMilk
- 55 gSugar
- 1 tspVanilla essence
- 1/2 tspSalt
Method
- 1
In a bowl whisk together oil and sugar until the sugar partially dissolves.
- 2
Add the condensed milk, vanilla and milk and whisk until smooth and uniform.
- 3
Sieve together maida, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa powder and salt.
- 4
Fold the dry mix into the wet in 3 additions just until no streaks remain — do not over-mix or the crumb tightens.
- 5
Toss the chopped cherries and chocolate chips in 1 tsp extra maida (to stop them sinking), then fold into the batter.
- 6
Pour into a greased and lined loaf tin. Bake in a preheated 170°C oven for 35 to 40 minutes until a skewer comes out with a few moist crumbs. Cool fully before slicing.