Deconstructed Black Forest Cake

Ingredients

Chocolate sour cream cake
  • 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1 1/2 cups (packed) golden brown sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 cups sifted cake flour
  • 2/3 cup sour cream
  • 3/4 cup hot coffee
Chocolate fudge pots
  • 2 ounces bittersweet (not unsweetened) or semisweet chocolate, chopped
  • 2 cups heavy whipping cream
  • Pinch of salt
  • 3 large egg yolks
  • 1/4 cup sugar
Cherry compote
  • 4 cups frozen (unthawed) pitted cherries (about 1 pound)
  • 2/3 cup plus 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 2/3 cup dry red wine
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  • Unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 cup chilled whipping cream
  • Chilled kirsch (clear cherry brandy)

Description

There's No Right Or Wrong Way To Eat This Decadent Broken Down Dessert.

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