Red Wine Cherry Cake

Ingredients:

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Serves 12 - 492 cal per serving
Prep-time: 15 min. - Total-time: 90 min.

Roast the hazelnuts for a few minutes in a dry skillet and allow to cool. Grease a 26cm/12 cake pan. Preheat the oven to 180 C/350 F. Beat the softened butter with the sugar and vanilla sugar until creamy , then add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually add the red wine while still mixing. Chop the chocolate into small pieces and add to the mixture. Add the cinnamon and the cocoa. Mix the hazelnuts together with the flour and the baking powder and fold into the mixture. Fill the cake pan with the cake mixture and lightly press 200g of cherries into the dough. The cherries will sink into the cake when baking. Bake for approx. 1 hour. The cake is baked through when you insert a skewer and it remains clean. When the cake has cooled decorate with whipped cream and cherries.