Chocolate Cherry Cake with Chocolate Glaze




Ingredients:
185 g butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup castor sugar
2 eggs
100 g packet chocolate bits
330 g (1 1/2 cups) halved red glace cherries
1 cup plain flour
1/2 cup self-raising flour
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tbsp cocoa
1/4 cup sour cream
Glaze:
1/3 cup light corn syrup
30 g butter
2 tbsp water
100 g dark chocolate, chopped

Directions:
Grease a 20 cm baba cake pan, sprinkle with flour, shake out excess flour. Cream butter and sugars in small bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time, beat until combined. Transfer mixture to large bowl.
Stir in chocolate bits, cherries and half the sifted dry ingredients, then stir in sour cream and remaining dry ingredients.; stir until combined.
Spread mixture into prepared pan, bake in moderately slow oven for about 1 hour. Stand  cake 6 minutes before turning onto wire rack to cool. Pour warm glaze over cold cake. Stand at room temperature until set.
Glaze:
Combine corn syrup, butter and water in saucepan, stir over heat until mixture comes to the boil; remove from heat. Add chocolate, stir until smooth. Stand until bubbles subside; strain.

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