Chocolate and Cherry Cake / Bolo de Chocolate e Cerejas.

This June, Marta chose cherries as the ingredient of the month.

Who doesn't love cherries?

I certainly love them and they are very highly positioned as one of my top, top favourite fruits.

Chocolate, cherries and cream are a combination made in heaven and this cake, that I wanted to try since last year, is one of the best cakes I ever had.

Actually, I love Simmone Logue cakes. They are always so moist, flavourful and balanced that I almost dare to say that this author is a "cake fairy".

This chocolate and cherry cake that I'm sharing today and this Victoria Sponge that I've already made twice are, until today, my favourite cakes of all times!

The recipe, of course, is from Simmone Logue "In the Kitchen" cookbook. A book that I treasure as one of the best books I have.

Forgive me the total lack of "cake slices" photos but, I took this cake to a party and before I noticed, there was only crumbs on the plate. YES! That's how good and delicious it is!

In case you want to try it and corroborate my opinion, here's the recipe.

Black Forest Cake / Bolo Floresta Negra.

I start by warning you that this is going to be a long post...

As you can read here, the theme for the 6th edition of the Sweet World is Black Forest Cake.

What is a Black Forest Cake?

Fraisier for the Sweet World Challenge / Um Fraisier para o Sweet World.

20th of May and another Sweet World Challenge.
May means strawberries and thinking of strawberries, we thought morangos (in Portuguese) and fraises (in French).
Thinking fraises, we thought Fraisier and therefore, this month, for the 5th edition of the Sweet World, we are going to France and we challenge you to make a Fraisier.
The recipe is from Edd Kimber beautiful book, the "Patisserie Made Easy".

What is a Fraisier?