sweet cherry chocolate bombe

How To Make sweet cherry chocolate bombe

• 1

  Bake pound cake in 9 1/4x5 1/4x2 3/4 inch loaf pan as directed on package; cool completely. Meanwhile, prepare Sweet Cherry Sauce: Wash cherries and cut in half. Remove pits; set cherries aside. Combine remaining ingredients in saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thickened. Add cherries and simmer 2-3 minutes; cool.
• 2

  When cool, remove cherries from sauce. Chop about half the cherries and set aside. Return remaining cherry halves to sauce and refrigerate. Line 2 1/2 quart with aluminum foil. Cut pound cake into 1/2 inch thick slices. Line prepared bowl with cake slices up to 1/2 inch from top, cutting some into triangles to fit; sprinkle with amaretto. Set aside remaining slices.
• 3

  Melt chocolate chips in top of double boiler over hot, not boiling, water, stirring until melted. Cool slightly. Whip cream and almond extract until soft peaks form. Prepare pudding and pie filling mix as directed on package, using only 2 cups milk. Gently fold almond whipped cream into prepared pudding. Divide mixture in half.
• 4

  Stir reserved chopped cherries into one half of the pudding mixture (add few drops red food color, if desired); spread evenly over cake slices in bowl, completely covering cake. Gradually add remaining pudding mixture to warm melted chocolate, folding until well combined; use to fill center of mold. Top dessert with remaining cake slices, cutting some slices to fit and covering top completely. Cover with foil and freeze overnight. To serve, unmold onto chilled plate; remove foil.
• 5

  Prepare Cocoa Whipped Cream: Combine 1/3 cup sugar and 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa in small mixer bowl; add 3/4 cup heavy or whipping cream and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat until stiff, Frost bombe. Decorate with fresh cherries and chocolate curls. Slice and serve with Sweet Cherry Sauce.
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