Warm Cherry Chocolate Cakes

Name: Warm Cherry Chocolate Cakes
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: Extra finely grated chocolate (optional); 100 g (4 oz) dark bitter chocolate, chopped, plus 25–50 g (1–2 oz) dark bitter chocolate, grated (optional); A drop of kirsch (optional); 100 g (4 oz) fresh stoned or tinned cherries, quartered; 50 g (2 oz) plain flour; 100 g (4 oz) butter, plus a small knob; 120 g (4½ oz) caster sugar; Icing sugar, sifted (optional); Extra-thick or clotted cream (optional); 3 eggs, separated

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Fabulous Food

By Gary Rhodes

Published 1997

About

You can use fresh or tinned cherries in this recipe. If using fresh, cook them in a small knob of butter with a sprinkling of sugar, just enough to soften them lightly. You can leave out the cherries and just add extra grated chocolate to create a melting consistency.

Ingredients

100 g (4 oz) fresh stoned or tinned cherries, quartered
100 g (4

Europe
United Kingdom
Dessert
Vegetarian
England

Method

Pre-heat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4. Butter four 7.5 cm (3 in) diameter tartlet tins o