Chop the chocolate coating. Cut butter into pieces. Melt the chocolate coating and butter over a warm water bath
Chopping chocolate. Let the cherries thaw slightly in a sieve. Beat the sugar, eggs and salt in a large mixing bowl with the whisk of the hand mixer for 3-4 minutes until creamy. Remove the chocolate coating-butter mixture from the heat, pour into the egg mixture and stir in. Mix flour and baking powder. Quickly fold into the chocolate-egg mixture. Mix the chopped chocolate coating into the dough
Fill the dough into a greased, square springform pan (24 x 24 cm) and smooth it down. Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/ convection oven: 150 °C/ gas: see manufacturer) for approx. 25 minutes. After about 10 minutes, remove the tin carefully from the oven. Spread the cherries on top, put the mould back into the oven and bake until done
Fig. 02 + 03: Cut cake into pieces and dust with icing sugar