From cherries to remove the seeds and fill them with brandy (or other liquor). If cherries are sour (e.g., frozen), then in the drink to dissolve 2 tablespoons of sugar. The cherries infuse for at least 12 hours, better two or three days. To make the sponge cake. Separate the yolks from the whites. In the bowl with the yolks add sugar and grind white. Stir in the sour cream, vanilla, cocoa and flour. Add the flour gradually, in small portions.

Proteins vzbit in a solid foam. 1/3 proteins to enter into the yolk mass. Then stir in the remaining whites, gently stirring from the bottom up, lifting lower layers to the top. The form greased with oil, sprinkle with flour (excess not adhering to the flour to shake.)

Pour the batter into the form. Preheat the oven to t=180°C and bake the cake until done. Readiness check wooden stick. (First 15-20 minutes the oven should not be opened, otherwise the cake will fall). Korzh remove from the mold and allow to cool. It is desirable to give the crust a day to rest up. The upper part of the layer cake to cut and remove it, trying not to break.

From the bottom of the remove the pulp, leaving the walls (and bottom) of thickness 1-1,5 see the Pulp cake need small notch with a knife, not cutting through, and then the resulting pieces to take out with a spoon.