Monastery Cake

Ingredients:

Dough:

250 g of melted butter

1 cup of sugar

200 g of sour cream

3 to 3.5 cups of white unbleached flour

1 teaspoon of soda

Filling:

Canned cherries or fresh cherries or cherry jam

Cream:

500 g of sour cream

1 cup of sugar

Topping:

Grated dark chocolate and cherries

Preparation:

Prepare the dough by mixing the butter with sour cream. Add soda and sugar. Once thoroughly blended, add flour.

Divide the dough into 15 equal parts.

Roll each piece lengthwise, add 5 cherries and fold it.

Lay all 15 pieces on a cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for about 15-20 minutes until slightly brown.

Prepare the cream by beating sour cream with sugar (about 5-10 minutes).

Lay 5 pieces on a plate, cover with the cream,

Lay 4 pieces, cover with cream,

Lay 3, cover with cream,

Another 2, cover with cream,

And last one on top, cover with cream.

Place cherries between the "seams", and sprinkle with grated chocolate.

You can cover it completely with chocolate like I did here:

Or just a little bit of chocolate: