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Drunken Cherry Chocolate Cake

Ingredients for the Cake:

4 Tbsp unsalted butter, softened to room temp

1 1/2 cups white granulated sugar2 eggs1 tsp vanilla extract1 cup warm milk (I used 1!1 1/" cups all#purpose flour"/4 cup unsweetened dark chocolate cocoa powder (I used one that is a blend of naturaland dutched cocoa!2 1/2 tsp baking powder1/$ tsp fine sea salt

Ingredients For the Filling:

4 cups (1 lb! fresh pitted cherries1/2 cup golden rum (I used %acardi &old '$/bottle at a liuor store!1/4 cup cold filtered water

Ingredients For the Cherry Cream Frosting:

2 sticks unsalted butter, softened to room temp" cups powdered sugar1/4 tsp fine sea salt1) o* (2 blocks! cream cheese, softened to room temp and cut into 1) pieces4 Tbsp of the reserved cherr+/rum s+rup

Ingredients To Decorate the Cake:emi#sweet chocolate chips to create shaved chocolate (see -ee.s tutorial, except Iomitted risco!0 handful of fresh cherries for the top

Boozing up your cherries:

1 eigh out 1 lb of fresh 3orthwest cherries

2 -oughl+ chop +our pitted cherries and place them in a medium bowl with 1/2 cupgolden rum et sit at room temp for 1 hour then drain cherries in a sieve over a bowl5eep both the cherries and the s+rup

Making the Cake Layers:

1 6reheat the oven to "789: %utter and flour two, $#inch cake pans and set aside

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2 In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat together 4 Tbsp softbutter, 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar, 2 eggs and 1 tsp vanilla %eat on high speed for ; minuntil light and fluff+ hisk in 1 cup warm milk until smooth

" ift together 1 1/" cups all#purpose flour, "/4 cups unsweetened cocoa, 1/$ tsp salt and2 1/2 tsp baking powder :old the sifted mixture into the batter it.s one after another reall+ ?nce all of the cream cheeseis incorporated continue to beat 1 more minute

" 0dd 4 Tbsp reserved cherr+ liuid, 1 Tbsp at a time and mix until combined (1 min!-eserve the remaining cherr+ s+rup -efrigerate frosting until read+ to use

Assemling the Cake:

1 ?nce +ou are read+ to assemble the cake, slice each of +our cake la+ers in halfhori*ontall+ into two even la+ers (Tip: dont slice your layers early or they may dry out)0 serrated knife works best 6lace one la+er cut side up on a cake stand

2 tir 1/4 cup cold filtered water (@ou might tr+ using 1/4 cup cherr+ s+rup instead of1/4 cup cold filtered water for even more +umm+ cherr+ flavor!into the remaining cherr+rum s+rup &enerousl+ brush the first cake la+er with 1/" of the cherr+ rum s+rup overthe top with frosting and top with 1/" of the chopped boo*+ cherries -epeat with the nextthree la+ers but don.t put an+ s+rup or frosting over the final la+er -efrigerate +ourunfrosted cake for 17#28 min to let it rest, then frost the top and sides =ecorate to +ourheart.s delight and serve to the people +ou love

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3oteA This cake is the moistest, and softest when it sits at room temp for at least "8 minbefore serving 0 couple of hours would be best