Chocolate Shortcakes With Sour Cherry Topping Recipe

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Chocolate Shortcakes With Sour Cherry Topping
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Ingredients
16
Count
Nutrition
811
Calories
Total time
50
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 5 cups fresh sour cherries, pitted (water-packed are fine too, drain well)
  • 3/4 cup honey , plus
  • 1/4 tsp cinnamon
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 2/3 cup cocoa
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/4 lb cold butter , cut into 1/2 inch pieces
  • 2 large egg yolks
  • 3/4 cup buttermilk
  • 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
  • 1 1/2 tbsp confectioners' sugar (+ additional)

Directions:

  1. For cherry topping: In small saucepan combine all topping ingredients and cook over medium-high heat, until cherries start to release their juice and the liquid thickens and becomes syrupy, 6-7 minutes; cool and refrigerate until needed (you can make this up to 1 day ahead).
  2. For shortcake biscuits: Preheat oven to 350F and set rack in middle of oven; combine all dry ingredients in a large bowl until blended; rub butter into flour mixture with your fingertips until mixture resembles coarse meal; in a small bowl, whisk egg yolks with buttermilk to blend; add to flour mixture and stir just until evenly moistened; turn dough out onto a floured board and, with lightly floured hands, knead just until it comes together (if the dough is very sticky, sprinkle on some additional all purpose flour); pat out to about 1 1/4 inches thick and cut into rounds with a 3 inch cutter; gather dough scraps and pat out again to make remaining shortcake biscuits; set 2 inches apart on a large baking sheet; bake biscuits for approximately 25 minutes, or until golden-brown, and transfer to a rack to cool completely.
  3. For whipped cream: Beat cream, sugar and vanilla until soft peaks form.
  4. To assemble: Slice shortcake biscuits in half and set bottoms of biscuits on 6 dessert plates; dollop generously with whipped cream and distribute cherry topping evenly over the cream; place biscuit tops over cherries at a slight angle and sprinkle tops lightly with confectioners' sugar.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 811.29 Kcal (3397 kJ)
Calories from fat 274.19 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 30.47g 47%
Cholesterol 147.09mg 49%
Sodium 511.84mg 21%
Potassium 751.43mg 16%
Total Carbs 126.55g 42%
Sugars 82.47g 330%
Dietary Fiber 4.98g 20%
Protein 11.19g 22%
Vitamin C 13.6mg 23%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 6%
Iron 1.3mg 7%
Calcium 209.7mg 21%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 221.23 Kcal (926 kJ)
Calories from fat 74.77 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 8.31g 47%
Cholesterol 40.11mg 49%
Sodium 139.57mg 21%
Potassium 204.9mg 16%
Total Carbs 34.51g 42%
Sugars 22.49g 330%
Dietary Fiber 1.36g 20%
Protein 3.05g 22%
Vitamin C 3.7mg 23%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 6%
Iron 0.3mg 7%
Calcium 57.2mg 21%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 18
    Points
  • 22
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar

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