Cherries Jubilee

Ingredients :

1 pint fresh black cherries

1 pint water

3/4 cup sugar

4 teaspoons sugar

1 lemon peel, whole

1/2 cup cherry syrup

6 oz.brandy

2 oz.Grand Marnier liqueur

6 (3 oz.) scoops of ice cream

6 slices of plain cake

Put cherries, water, and 3/4 cup sugar into covered pot and cook

slowly for 10 minutes. Canned black cherries may be used, provided

they are whole, sweet, and have the pits in them. Drain the cherries

from the syrup. Put cherries in a chafing dish.

Place 4 teaspoons sugar, lemon peel, and cherry syrup in chafing

dish with cherries and bring to a boil. Pour brandy and liquer over

cherries and set aflame. Put cake in individual dishes, cover with

ice cream and pour blazing cherries over all.

Serve immediately.

This dish was created for the Jubilee of Queen Victoria of England