Cherries To My Darling Topping
Submitted by badinda
A quick no-bake cherry and almond topping spooned over layered angel food cake and ringed with chocolate curls. An elegant 15-minute dessert with zero oven time.
YIELD
12 servingsPREP
15 minCOOK
20 minREADY
15 minNeed a knockout dessert in 15 minutes flat with absolutely no baking involved? This is it.
Start with a store-bought angel food cake, slice it into layers, and sandwich them with drained cherry pie filling.
Toss the cherries with a whisper of almond extract, spoon them across the top, and surround the whole thing with a crown of white and dark chocolate curls.
It looks like you spent hours. Nobody needs to know you didn’t.
Kitchen Tips
- Drain the cherry pie filling well. Excess liquid will make the angel food cake soggy instead of tender.
- A vegetable peeler run along the edge of a chocolate bar makes quick, gorgeous curls.
- Leave a one-inch border around the top when spooning on the cherries so the presentation stays clean.
- Chill for up to an hour before serving. The flavors meld and the cake firms up just enough for clean slices.
Ingredients
Directions
Drain filling/topping in sieve over medium-size bowl.
Use some of sauce to sandwich cake layers together.
Stir together cherries and almond extract.
Spoon over top cake layer, leaving a 1 inch border all around.
Surround with chocolate curls.
Refrigerate up to 1 hour before serving.
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