1 Green's Deluxe Chocolate Layer Cake Box

Bake chocolate cake and create
chocolate frosting to boxes instructions.

Chantilly Cream

250gm thickened cream (cold)

250gm marscapone (cold)

40gm icing sugar

1 tbl sp vanilla essence

Place all ingredients into a bowl and using an electric whisker beat at medium high speed until you hit stiff peaks. Be careful to not over beat, as will turn to butter and curdle, when you get to soft peaks lower speed and stop as soon as the cream can hold its shape when lifted. Place into piping bag and pop into fridge.

Cherry Syrup Filling

1/3 cup caster sugar

1/3 cup water

300gm cherries (halved and pitted)

Place sugar and water in small pot over medium heat and allow sugar to melt. Add in cherries and let the mixture cook for around 5 minutes, or until the cherries are soft when pushed on but still hold shape. Take off heat and pour into bowl.

Build

1 chocolate cake

1 bowl chocolate frosting

1 piping bag Chantilly cream

1 bowl cherry syrup filling

12-14 fresh cherries

100gm dark chocolate (finely shaved to create chocolate flake pieces)

1. Cut the chocolate cake horizontally into three even layers. Take your time here to make sure its as even as possible.

2. Place bottom cake slice on parchment paper, before brushing on half of the cherry syrup. Add a border of Chantilly cream round the edge, then fill it in with half the cherries from the syrup, spread out. Top with a layer of Chantilly cream, and evenly spread with an offset spatula, before adding next layer of cake and repeating process.

3. Once third cake layer is popped on top, spread the chocolate frosting over with an offset spatula and bench scraper, to create a smoothe side and even top. Finish with a dollop of Chantilly cream in the middle on top of the cake, before gently swishing it around. Add chocolate flakes to cream and then finish with the fresh cherries sitting upwards. Allow to set in the fridge for 15 minutes before cutting.