Cherry marble cake with ganache

Name: Cherry marble cake with ganache
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 14
Ingredients: 200 g room-warm butter; 7-10 Tbsp Salt; 175 g Sugar; 4 Eggs (size M); 200 g Flour; 2 TEASPOONS Baking Powder; 60 ml Milk; 2 TABLESPOONS Cocoa powder; 1 glass (370 ml) Cherries; 3 TABLESPOONS Cherry Jam; 300 g Whipped cream; 200 g Dark chocolate coating; 7-10 Tbsp Fat and flour

AUTHOR
Pat Ware

DIFFICULTY
very easy

RATING

COOK TIME
90 mins

TOTAL TIME
90 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 14

200 g room-warm butter
7-10 Tbsp Salt
175 g Sugar
4 Eggs (size M)
200 g Flour
2 TEASPOONS Baking Powder
60 ml Milk
2 TABLESPOONS Cocoa powder
1 glass (370 ml) Cherries
3 TABLESPOONS Cherry Jam
300 g Whipped cream
200 g Dark chocolate coating
7-10 Tbsp Fat and flour

Directions

1
Cream butter, 1 pinch of salt and sugar with the whisk of the hand mixer. Stir in the eggs one by one. Mix flour and baking powder. Alternately stir in milk and flour mixture by the spoonful.
2
Cut the dough in half. Mix one half of the dough with cocoa.
3
Place the cherries in a sieve and drain. Pour light-coloured dough into a greased box form (11 x 30 cm; 1.75 litres capacity), dust with flour. Spread cherries on top. Pour chocolate dough on top, swirl lightly with a fork and bake in a preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/ convection oven: 150 °C/ gas: see
4
manufacturer) bake for about 50 minutes. Take out, let cool down for about 30 minutes. Carefully turn out of the tin and let it cool down.
5
Warm the jam in a pot and let it cool down slightly. Spread the jam over the cake. Heat the cream in a pot. Chop the couverture and melt in the cream while stirring. Pour into a bowl and allow to cool.
6
When the chocolate begins to set slightly, whisk vigorously with a whisk. Spread the chocolate mixture loosely over the cake. Chill the cake for about 30 minutes. Cut into pieces and serve.