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Chocolate, Cherry and Beer Cake
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Ingredients
Serves : 24
- Cake
- 150g butter
- 2 eggs
- 3 cups (375g) plain flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup (185ml) buttermilk
- 250g cherries, pitted and halved
- 2 cups (440g) white sugar
- 60g dark cooking chocolate, melted
- 2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
- 1 cup (250ml) beer
- 1/4 cup (60ml) cherry juice
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- Icing
- 150g butter
- 1 egg
- 125g dark cooking chocolate, melted
- 4 cups (620g) sifted icing sugar
- 3 tablespoons milk
Directions
Preparation:15min › Cook:45min › Ready in:1hour
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Grease and flour a 23x33cm cake tin.
- Cake: Sift flour, bicarbonate of soda and salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl cream butter and white sugar until light and fluffy. Add 2 eggs and melted chocolate.
- Add flour mixture alternately with beer, buttermilk and cherry juice. Mix until smooth then fold in cherries and chopped nuts. Pour batter into prepared cake tin.
- Bake in preheated oven for 45 to 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the centre of cake comes out clean.
- Icing: In a large bowl combine butter, egg, melted chocolate, icing sugar and milk. Beat until smooth. Spread on top of cooled cake.
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