Mix butter, vanilla sugar and 125 g sugar with the whisk of the hand mixer for 5-10 minutes until white and creamy. Stir in the eggs one after the other. Mix flour and baking powder and stir into the dough alternately with the milk
Cut the dough in half. Stir 2 tbsp. cocoa, espresso powder and 3-4 tbsp. cream into one half and spread into a greased springform pan (26 cm Ø). Spread light-coloured dough on top. Spread the cherries on the cake without defrosting them and bake in a preheated oven (electric range: 175 °C/ convection oven: 150 °C/ gas: level 2) for 25-30 minutes, cover with foil if necessary and test with a stick. Remove the cake, remove from the edge and let it cool on a cake rack
Sift 3 tablespoons of cocoa, mix with cream stabiliser and 50 g of sugar. Whip the rest of the cream with the whisk of the hand mixer until thick, then gradually pour in the cocoa mixture, beating constantly. Whip the cream to a thick cream and spread it dome-shaped on the cake. Press in ellen with a spoon and chill for about 1 hour. Dust the cake with 1/2-1 tbsp. cocoa and arrange on a cake plate
waiting time 2 1/2 hours