Chocolate sourdough pudding

Sourdough pudding

• 150 g frozen pitted cherries
• 300 g sourdough bread, cut into thin slices (approx. 5 mm thickness)
• 20 - 40 g butter, softened
• 4 eggs
• 60 g pure maple syrup
• 150 g pouring (whipping) cream
• 700 g milk
• 1 tbsp raw cacao powder (see Tips)
• 2 tsp natural vanilla extract

Chocolate sauce

• 120 g butter
• 150 g double cream (see Tips)
• 100 g coconut sugar (see Tips)
• ¼ - ½ tsp salt
• 30 g raw cacao powder (see Tips)
• pouring (whipping) cream, to serve (optional)