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Chocolate cherry gift cakes

The sweetest little gifts - with a cherry on top! - by Sarah Murphy
  • 18 Nov 2021
Chocolate cherry gift cakes
Prep: 80 Minutes - Cook: 35 Minutes - Makes 4
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Flavoured with cocoa and Nutella, and covered with choc-hazelnut cream, these luscious little cakes make a gorgeous gift complete with a cherry - or three - on top!

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Ingredients

¼ cup Dutch-processed cocoa powder

1/3 cup boiling water

90g unsalted butter, chopped, at room temperature

3/4 cup caster sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 free-range eggs

¼ cup Nutella, at room temperature

¾ cup self-raising flour

¼ cup plain flour

1/3 cup buttermilk

CHOCOLATE HAZELNUT CREAM

500g cream cheese, chopped, at room temperature

½ cup icing sugar mixture

¼ cup Nutella, at room temperature

1 Tbsp cherry brandy (optional)

TO DECORATE

300g cherries

Chocolate shavings

Icing sugar

Edible gold glitter

Ribbon (optional)

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 160°C fan-forced (180°C conventional). Grease four 10 x 4.5cm deep springform tins. Line bases and sides with baking paper, extending paper 3cm above rims. Place tins on an oven tray (this makes it easier to transfer to, and remove from, oven).

  2. Stir cocoa and water in a small heatproof jug until cocoa dissolves. Cool for 10 minutes.

  3. Beat butter, sugar and vanilla in small bowl of an electric mixer until pale and creamy. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, then cocoa mixture and Nutella, until combined (mixture may look curdled). Beat in sifted flours and buttermilk until smooth. Spoon mixture evenly into tins. Smooth tops.

  4. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until a skewer inserted into centre comes out clean. Stand cakes in tins for 20 minutes, then cool on a wire rack.

  5. For chocolate hazelnut cream, put cream cheese, icing sugar, Nutella and brandy, if using, in the small bowl of an electric mixer and beat until smooth and thick.

  6. For decorating, reserve 12 whole cherries on stems. Pit remaining cherries, cut them into quarters and combine with 1 cup of the Chocolate hazelnut cream.

  7. Cut cakes in half horizontally. Spread cherry cream mixture evenly onto each base. Return cake tops. Spread remaining hazelnut cream all over sides and tops of cakes. Press chocolate shavings onto side of 2 cakes to decorate. Top each cake with 3 reserved cherries, dust with icing sugar and glitter and tie ribbon around centre, if desired. Serve.

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Sarah Murphy
Sarah Murphy
Sarah Murphy has worked in food magazines for over 10 years, and is known for her sweet tooth and love of creating hacks and twists on classic recipes. You can usually find Sarah baking cheesy garlic bread pull-apart for friends on the weekend, (but still hasn’t mastered the art of sourdough yet!).

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