Blackforest trifle

Serves 6 to 8
Prep time 35 minutes
Cook time 40 minutes

chocolate base
180g                unsweetened chocolate, coarsely chopped
3 cup               fine sugar
1 ½ cup           unsalted butter (cut into 2cm cubes)
1 ½ tsp            pure vanilla extract
¾ cup              plain flour|
pinch               salt
6                      large eggs

marinated cherries
6 cup               morello cherries in syrup
6 tbsp              Kirsch or cherry brandy
6 tbsp              fine sugar

garnish
1 cup               grated dark chocolate

double-whipped cream
4 ½ cups          heavy cream
6 tbsp              white granulated sugar
¾ tsp               pure vanilla extract

• For the chocolate base, heat a pot with boiling water and put a whisking bowl over its rim (the water should not touch the whisking bowl). Add in chocolate, sugar and butter into.
• Once chocolate and butter have melted, add in the vanilla, flour and salt. Continue whisking the mixture for 10 minutes or until the mixture cools down.
• Finally, whisk in the eggs and mix well. Butter grease and flour a baking mould. Pour the mix into the mould. Bake in a preheated 165°C oven for 35 minutes.
• Once the chocolate base has cooled down, cut it to bite-size pieces.
• Layer the chocolate base, marinated cherries, garnish and cream
• Chill it in the fridge for another 30 minutes before serving.

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