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Black Forest gâteau (British English) or Black Forest cake (American English) is a chocolate sponge cake with a rich cherry filling based on the German dessert Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte. To me, a Black Forest Cake is a party cake. What says "celebration" more than chocolate cake, Kirsch flavored Morello cherries, and loads of sweet whipped cream?
Black Forest Cake is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Black Forest Cake is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook black forest cake using 21 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Black Forest Cake:
- Take For the cake
- Make ready 265 g plain flour
- Take 400 g caster sugar
- Make ready 65 g unsweetened cocoa powder
- Prepare 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- Prepare 3/4 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- Prepare 3/4 teaspoon salt
- Make ready 3 eggs
- Prepare 240 ml milk
- Get 120 ml vegetable oil
- Get 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- Get For the cherry filling
- Prepare 3 (425 g) tins black cherries in syrup
- Prepare 200 g caster sugar
- Get 4 tablespoons cornflour
- Make ready 120 ml Kirsch
- Make ready For the cream icing
- Take 500 ml whipping cream
- Prepare 425 g icing sugar
- Get 250 gm unsalted butter for chocolate icing
- Make ready Cocoa powder for chocolate icing
Made with three layers of light and fluffy chocolate cake that are topped with homemade cherry filling and fresh whipped cream. It is frosted with whipped cream and covered with chocolate shavings and a few cherries for. Black Forest Cake is one rich and decadent cake. Homemade cake, sour cherry filling, and topped with whipped cream.
Instructions to make Black Forest Cake:
- Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4. Grease and flour two 23cm (9 in) round cake tins; cover bottoms with baking parchment. In a large bowl, combine flour, 400g sugar, cocoa, baking powder, bicarb and salt. Add eggs, milk, oil; beat until well blended. Pour cake mixture into prepared tins.
- Bake for 35 minutes or until cooked. Remove and cool completely. To make the cherry filling: Drain cherries, reserving 125ml juice. Combine reserved juice, cherries, 200g sugar and cornflour in a 2 litre saucepan. Cook over low heat until thickened, stirring constantly. Cool before using.
- To make the icing: Combine whipping cream and icing sugar in a chilled bowl. Beat with an electric mixer at high speed until stiff peaks form. Reserve 1/4 of the whipped cream icing for decorating cake; set aside.
- To assemble: Place one cake layer on cake plate. Pour the Kirsch through out the layers. Spread with whipped cream icing, then top with 180ml cherry topping. Top with second cake layer. Ice side of cake with chocolate butter icing. Spoon reserved icing into pastry bag fitted with star tip. Pipe around top and bottom edges of cake. Spoon remaining cherry topping onto top of cake.
Everything about this rich black forest cake is mouthwatering. Black Forest House is a bakery specializing in fresh, quality cakes and pastries at reasonable prices. Serve the black forest cake chilled. So goes very well as a dessert or for celebrations like birthdays and anniversaries. Chocolate cake with cherries on top!
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