Chocolate Cherry Rum Cake

Here’s How to make this delicious recipe!

Here are the INGREDIENTS:

CAKE LAYERS

• ¼ cup butter
• 2 large eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup milk
• 5 cups white granulated sugar
• 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 5 tsp baking powder
• ¾ cup unsweetened dark chocolate cocoa powder
• Pinch of salt

FILLING:

• 5 cups pitted cherries
• 1 cup golden rum

FROSTING

• 1 cup white gran. Sugar
• 1/3 cup water
• 5 large eggs
• 2 cups butter

Now pay close attention:

1.  Chop cherries into bowl. Pour rum in. Set soak for at least 1 hour while covered.

2. Preheat over- 350 F Ready 2 cake pans.

3. Place butter, eggs, vanilla, sugar into bowl and whisk. Sift in flour, cocoa powder, salt and baking powder. Add dry to wet!

4. Frosting time! – Egg whites into mixer bowl. Sugar and water into small saucepan. Heat – Medium. – Until reaches 240F. When syrup is almost ready begin whisking egg whites until soft peaks form. Pour sugar syrup in a thin stream into the egg whites, whisking on high speed. Whisk until meringue forms. – Probably about 5 min!

5. Add butter in small portions and whisk. Frosting will separate continue whisking until uniform and fluffy.

6. Assembly! – Soak Chocolate cake layers with more rum, cherry juice then top with frosting and cherries. Frost cake!