Glacé cherries have an affinity with almonds, lemons, chocolate, butter and richly spiced dried fruits. Almond-flavoured maraschino cherry stones are used to make kirsch and Maraschino liqueur.
There are many different types of cherry, including maraschino, griotte and Morello cherries, from which kirsch and Black Forest gâteaux are made. Look out for telltale punnets of deep red ...
For these Black Forest-inspired brownies, layers of maraschino cherry-studded chocolate brownie batter, rich cheesecake and fruity cherry preserves are baked together to make this dessert.