Chocolate Cake Drunken Cherry with Cognac and Coconut

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 2 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   Ingredients.

2. STEP 2

   

   First, pit the cherries. You can do this with a pin or hairpin - the rounded part. We select about 20 cherries to decorate the cake - it depends on what design you will place on the finished cake.

3. STEP 3

   

   Pour the rest of the cherries with cognac and leave in the refrigerator for a day.

4. STEP 4

   

   We are preparing a biscuit. In a large bowl, mix all the bulk ingredients for the dough: flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder and soda.

5. STEP 5

   

   In a second plate, mix all the liquid ingredients for the dough (except boiling water): beat the eggs with a whisk, add milk, then vegetable oil, mix well.

6. STEP 6

   

   Pour the mixture of liquid ingredients into the mixture with dry ingredients and knead the dough with a spoon, you can use a mixer.

7. STEP 7

   

   Continuing to stir, gradually pour in boiling water. Stir until smooth.

8. STEP 8

   

   The dough turns out glossy, thick and flowing.

9. STEP 9

   

   Grease the mold with oil and pour in the dough (I have a mold with a diameter of 24 cm). Place the pan in an oven preheated to 200 degrees and bake for 1-1.5 hours. Be guided by your oven. Check the readiness of the sponge cake with the end of a knife, toothpick or skewer - they should be dry.

10. STEP 10

    

    In the meantime, let's get to the cream. Just beat all the ingredients - first butter at room temperature, add condensed milk and cocoa. Place the finished cream in the refrigerator.

11. STEP 11

    

    Leave the finished biscuit to cool. You can bake it in the evening and make the cake in the morning. Cut off the top of the cake to about 1.5cm thick and set aside. If the biscuit has risen unevenly, then level the top - cut off all the unevenness, and then the top even layer.

12. STEP 12

    

    At the wide part, you need to take out the entire crumb, leaving about 1.5 cm on the sides and bottom of the cake to make a round box. To do this, you need to first go around the sides of the cake with a knife, and then scoop it out with a spoon or cut off the middle with a knife. I got really carried away and the bottom of the cake turned out thin))).

13. STEP 13

    

    Place the entire crumb in a plate and grind it into crumbs with your hands.

14. STEP 14

    

    Pour cream and cherries with cognac into this mixture.

15. STEP 15

    

    Mix the whole mass well so that the cherries are distributed evenly and the crumbled biscuit is covered in cream.

16. STEP 16

    

    Now fill the box tightly with the creamy mass, leveling with a spatula

17. STEP 17

    

    If the filling ends up higher than the sides, simply level it off.

18. STEP 18

    

    Cover the cake with the cut top.

19. STEP 19

    

    Preparing the glaze. Melt the butter. Mix powdered sugar, starch, cocoa and add in portions to the butter, stirring constantly. Break the chocolate into pieces and also add it to the mixture. Mix until you get a glossy glaze.

20. STEP 20

    

    Immediately pour the glaze onto the cake and smooth it over the entire surface with a spatula; you can coat the sides of the cake.

21. STEP 21

    

    Decorating the cake. Using a colander, evenly cover the cake with coconut. (The coconut flakes are my addition, they are not in the original).

22. STEP 22

    

    Place the cherries in the center and in a circle, or just along the edge of the cake.

23. STEP 23

    

    Drunken cherry cake is ready! Place the cake in the refrigerator to allow the frosting and frosting to set. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

olgay198108

29.10.2023

4.8

A very interesting recipe) Vera, you prepared a delicious cake, I immediately wanted to bake it and eat it))) It looks very, very appetizing) You are simply smart

Maslova Tatyana

29.10.2023

4.5

Verochka - accept my admiration. I also looked at this cake for a long time, but I didn’t dare to make it. But you took it and it turned out WELL DONE!!!

Faith faith

29.10.2023

4.5

Thanks for your feedback. I’ve baked drunken cherry cake before, but the first time I made it with cognac and I didn’t like that the cherry had a bitter taste, although some people like this taste. The second time I made the cake without cognac and I liked this option better. The filling of sponge cake mixed with cream resembles the taste of Potato and Cherry cake. So cook for your health! The recipe is actually simple, the description is long.

Julia

29.10.2023

4.7

A very interesting recipe. At first glance, the biscuit is not difficult to prepare. I admit, I am not good at biscuits where you need to beat eggs until they form a strong foam. It's even a shame... I think this cake should work out. Thanks for the recipe, Vera.

Lilu

29.10.2023

4.8

What about boiled condensed milk?

Julia

29.10.2023

4.5

Vera, Happy New Year! Health, happiness, love, all the best!

Veronica

29.10.2023

4.8

Very tasty cake! I made it for the New Year’s table, my family loved it!!)