Just because

Usually I make us a tea cake or a banana cake or muffins of some kind but today I felt like making something special just because it felt like that kind of a day. So I baked this Chocolate Cherry Cake and topped it with dark chocolate.

Cake in the autumn sunshine

I first tried this cake when Luke and I lived in Australia and we were visiting some wonderful Italian friends of ours at their parent’s house. This family home was a great place to visit as it seemed no matter what time of day we visited them we were always fed the most delicious food, pizza, cured meats, cakes or yummy little sweet biscuits. This particular cake was baked by our friends Nonna (Grandmother) who lived in the house too. Every time I make it I always think of that lovely, welcoming family.

This is the recipe:

1 jar or tin of morello cherries
200g butter
200g sugar
4 eggs
125g plain flour
100g chopped dark chocolate
125g almond meal or ground almonds
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon

Drain the juice out of the cherries and tear them in to pieces.
Cream together butter and sugar then add eggs.
Fold in flour, baking powder, almond, cinnamon, chocolate and finally add cherries.
Pour mixture into a greased and floured baking tin and place in a moderate oven for approx 1 hour.
(Check centre before removing from oven)
When cooled cover in melted dark chocolate.

Enjoy x