Ingredients
The following ingredients have 20 Servings
- 200 g dark or semi-sweet chocolate (about 50-60 % cocoa, 7 oz )
- 250 g unsalted butter (8.8 oz/ 1 cup, very soft)
- 250 g granulated sugar (8.8 oz/ 1 ¼ cups )
- 4 eggs
- 150 ml milk ( 5 fl.oz/ 2/3 cup)
- 180 g all-purpose flour (6.3 oz/ 1 ½ cups )
- 2 ½ tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- pinch of salt
- 200 g ground hazelnuts (7 oz/ 1 2/3 cups )
- 1 jar of cherries (about 300 g/ 10.5 oz/ about 1 1/3 cups pitted cherries when drained)
- 3 large bananas (ripe but not overripe)
- 4 teaspoons cornstarch ((Note 2))
- 4 teaspoons icing sugar ((Note 2))
- 400 ml heavy cream (13.5 fl.oz/ 1 ¾ cups )
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 400 g crème fraiche or sour cream (14 oz/ 1 2/3 cups (Note 3))
- some banana chips to decorate the cake (optional)