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Little Black Forest cakes
Photo: David Holifield

Little Black Forest cakes

9 ingredients 12 min Serves 6 openrecipes
Little Black Forest cakes

These cute cakes make a perfect finish for a special dinner and you can bake the sponge up to two days ahead

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

977
Calories
23g
Protein
32g
Fat
148g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 7 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Chocolate 1 oz (28g) semisweet 155
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Cherry 1 cup (138g) 87
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 25g butter , melted and cooled, plus extra butter for greasing
  • 5 eggs
  • 140g caster sugar
  • 25g cocoa powder
  • 100g self-raising flour
  • 250g cherries
  • 284ml pot double cream
  • 4 tbsp kirsch
  • 25g dark chocolate , grated

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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