Black Forest knickerbockers
serves 2
Easy
Total time:
+ chilling
Knickerbocker glories were made for a freestyle approach – use fresh fruit in the summer and vary the sauce, cake and ice cream as you fancy.
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- 425g tin pitted black cherries in syrupdrained
- 1 tbsp (optional) kirsch
- 1 double chocolate muffinsliced
- 2 small scoops vanilla ice cream
- 2 small scoops cherry or chocolate ice cream
- 100ml double creamlightly whipped with 1 tbsp icing sugar
- to serve grated chocolate or chopped toasted almonds
chocolate sauce
- 2 tbsp golden syrup
- 100g dark chocolatebroken into pieces
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal0
- fat0g
- saturates0g
- carbs0g
- sugars0g
- fibre0g
- protein0g
- salt0g
Method
step 1
To make the chocolate sauce, bring 80ml water to the boil with the golden syrup.
Remove from the heat and add the broken chocolate, stirring until the sauce is smooth.step 2
Toss the cherries with the kirsch, if using, and put a few in the base of each serving glass. Top with a slice of muffin, a scoop of each ice cream and some chocolate sauce.
Repeat the layers, finishing with a spoonful of cream, a cherry and a drizzle of sauce. Sprinkle with grated chocolate and chopped almonds.