It looked pretty good, but I had no idea just how good it would be!

The chocolate sponge was soft and fluffy, but the best thing about this cake was that the layer of cherries in the middle wasn’t overly soggy. I’ve eaten many a black forest cake that’s just too soggy in the middle because of that cherry layer. The sponge, the cream and cherries were beautifully balanced – there was just the perfect amount of everything. I could’ve just sucked the cream out of the whole cake though! (If any of my workmates read this, I’m sure they will think “ewwwww!”)

The team got through around two-thirds of the cake, and some of us had seconds the next day. And I believe a couple of cake-loving people even had thirds on the day after that!