Recipe for cake with brandy cherries?

wannabe_sybil

In the summer I put some cherries in jars with brandy and some sugar. The plan was to drink the brandy and cook the cherries in a cake.

Can anyone recommend a good recipe for the cherries?

Many thanks of any help.

Gigervamp

I made chocolate muffins and added some cherries that I'd made cherry vodka with. Cherries go well with chocolate, so any chocolate cake recipe would work I'd think.

Penelope_Penguin

wannabe_sybil wrote: »

In the summer I put some cherries in jars with brandy and some sugar. The plan was to drink the brandy and cook the cherries in a cake.

Can anyone recommend a good recipe for the cherries?

Black Forest gateau

Alternatively, spoon the cherries over some really good chocolate or vanilla ice cream, for a simple festive desert.

wannabe_sybil

My mouth is watering...

I was thinking of traditional fruitcakes, but the chocolate idea is heaven!

It is the first time that I have tried putting cherries in brandy, I am really looking forward to them.

Edited to add - I was wondering about cooking them to reduce the neat brandy that they have been soaked in. I think I may gently warm them through and pour them over eg chocolate cake and add some custard.