Black Forest Gateau

This was one of the iconic cakes of my childhood. My friend, Karen, had the cake for her birthday for many years with ‘Happy Birthday Kanga’ inscribed on a chocolate disc placed on top. The combination of a light chocolate sponge infused with Kirsch, cream and cherry pie filling brings Karen’s childhood birthday parties back; dancing in flares and cheesecloth shirts to Abba’s ‘Money, Money, Money’ as her father, Keith, threw coins and notes