Cherry Charlotte
with chocolate cake and almond paste

150g sugar | mix | mix | mix flour through bit by bit | put in greased cake tin and bake 45min at 200C | let cool down and cut thin slices | place slices overlapping along sides and bottom of a 1L bowl | sprinkle over cake | put filling in cake covered bowl | cover with cake | put in fridge for 3 hours | serve with powdered sugar |
3 eggs | |||||||||||
150g butter | cut in pieces | ||||||||||
150g flour | mix | ||||||||||
3tbs cacao | |||||||||||
baking powder | |||||||||||
salt | |||||||||||
kirsch (or crème de cassis) | |||||||||||
125g butter | mix thoroughly | mix through | put in fridge for 10 min | mix carefully | |||||||
125g powdered sugar | |||||||||||
125g almond paste | |||||||||||
125ml whipping cream | whip half thick | ||||||||||
1 jar cherries on syrup (ca 400g) | drain | ||||||||||
5tbs kirsch (or crème de cassis) |
Copyright Jorg Entzinger 2005