If you’re not British you might not be familiar with the concept of fool which is usually a kind of puree fruit dessert. This parfait was inspired by a Christmas fool using fruitcake posted to the BBC but also didn’t really fit the definition of “fool”. In the end it’s basically a chocolate cake with fruit and whipped cream in a glass and you can call that whatever you like but the name “fool” is cute for a dessert so it’s fine if that’s what you want to call it. I used this chocolate cake recipe which takes about 5 minutes to throw together but feel free to use store bought cake or your own favorite chocolate cake.
Chocolate Fool
With a stand or hand mixer whip the cream with the vanilla sugar and powered sugar until it just holds its shape.
Cut the cake into cubes and place into four glasses, then top with cherries, whipped cream and chocolate shavings.