John Torode and Lisa Faulkner served up a delicious chocolate black forest cake on John and Lisa’s Weekend Kitchen.

The ingredients are: 340g caster sugar, 230g plain flour, 90g cocoa powder, 2 tsp baking powder, 2 tsp bicarbonate of soda, 1 pinch of salt (optional), 2 eggs , 140ml mild/light olive oil, 2 tsp vanilla extract , 250ml milk, 250ml boiling water , Approx 600g cherries in syrup or kirsch (drained with liquid reserved), 350ml double cream, 1 tbsp icing sugar and 1 tsp vanilla bean paste or essence.

A flake bar or any chocolate that you can grate or sprinkle over the cake.

Cocktail cherries or fresh cherries with the stalks on for decoration and Thyme leaves (optional).

See recipes by John and Lisa in the book titled: John and Lisa’s Kitchen: Everyday Recipes From a Professional Chef and a Home Cook: available from Amazon now.