Ingredients
- 175g salted butter, plus extra for greasing
- 200g bar dark chocolate
- 300g plain flour
- 375g golden caster sugar
- 25g cocoa
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 2 medium eggs
- 200g buttermilk or natural yoghurt
- 425g can pitted cherries, 2 tbsp juice reserved, rest drained
- 100g morello cherry jam
- 4 tbsp kirsch (or more juice from a can if you want it to be non-alcoholic)
- 500ml tub double cream
- 3 tbsp icing sugar
- 1 small punnet fresh cherries (optional)