White Chocolate and Cherry Cake. Delicate white chocolate mousse balances not-so-sweet chocolate cake and cherry sauce adds bursting fruit flavor in every bite. To make the white chocolate mousse, make sure you don't boil the heavy cream. Otherwise, too hot cream can ruin the gelatin and burn the white chocolate.

I'm totally in love with the naturally pink color, too! All you need on hand is a chocolate cake mix, a can of pie cherries, eggs, and the secret ingredient … almond extract. This white chocolate cherry cake is a cake lover's dream. You can have White Chocolate and Cherry Cake using 16 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of White Chocolate and Cherry Cake

You need 150 g of butter.
You need 150 g of white chocolate.
You need 150 g of castor sugar.
Prepare 6 of eggs.
It's 150 g of self raising flour.
It's 1 pinch of salt.
You need 5 ml of vanilla.
Prepare of Filling.
Prepare 1 can of tinned, pitted cherries.
Prepare 15 ml of Cherry Liquor.
It's 7,5 ml of cornstarch.
It's of Icing.
Prepare 3 of egg whites.
You need 150 g of white sugar.
Prepare 203 g of butter.
You need 22,5 ml of Cherry Liquor.

I decided on making this cake because this past weekend was my Aunt's birthday dinner, and it was also Thanksgiving weekend here in Canada. This white chocolate cherry cake is made of a perfect white vanilla cake. Chocolate and cherry is an interesting combination; some hate it, and some love it. As you probably guessed, I'm a member of the latter group.

White Chocolate and Cherry Cake step by step

Pre heat oven to 170 degrees Celsius and separate the eggs..
Met the white chocolate gently over a double boiler and then combine with the butter and beat until soft and creamy..
Beat the egg yolks and castor sugar into the chocolate mix..
Sift the flour and fold it into the chocolate mix..
Beat the egg whites, salt and vanilla together and fold it into the chocolate mix..
Bake for 25 to 30 minutes and leave to cool..
For the filling: cook down the tinned cherries (liquid and all), cornstarch and cherry liquor until it reaches a jammy texture. Leave to cool..
For the icing: whisk the egg whites and sugar over a double boiler until all the sugar is dissolved. Whip the egg white mixture until fluffy and then add the butter a little at a time. Once all the butter is incorporated, add the cherry liquor..
Assemble the cake and decorate with white chocolate shavings..

I love the twist of cherries in this cake, and the addition of chocolate chips makes it absolutely irresistible. Making the Cake Start by mixing the cocoa powder. Cherry Chocolate Cake Recipe photo by Taste of Home. In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, eggs and extract until well blended. Stir in one can of pie filling until blended.