Name: Black Forest Cherry Cake
Prep time: 70 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 16 servings
Ingredients: 1 lb bottled or canned pitted sour cherries - Morello or Montmorency cherries (or poached and pitted fresh cherries); 1/4 cup cherry juice or dry red wine (or any combination); 1/8 cup sugar; 1/2 cup kirsch; 1 cup butter; 1 3/4 cups sugar; 2 large eggs; 1 cup milk; 1 tsp vanilla; 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder; 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour; 2 tsp baking powder; 1/2 tsp salt; 1 cup boiling water; 3 cups heavy whipping cream; 12 oz mascarpone cheese; 2 tsp vanilla extract; 4-6 tbsp sugar (more or less to taste); 8-12 glace cherries or drained maraschino cherries (optional); chocolate shavings for garnish (optional)