Black Forest Cake Recipe

Ingredients of Black Forest Cake

• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup butter
• 225 gm whipped cream
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoon cherry juice
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 egg
• 200 gm cooking chocolate
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 cup cherry jam

How to make Black Forest Cake

• Step 1 Sift the dry ingredientsSift together flour, baking powder and cocoa.
• Step 2 Prepare the cake batterIn a bowl, beat the butter and sugar till creamy. Add eggs and beat till frothy. Fold in the dry ingredients. Beat well for a minute. This measurement is for one chocolate cake. We will need 2 cakes like this. So repeat this process for the 2nd cake.
• Step 3 Bake the cake for 30-35 minutesPour each separately prepared batter into a separate greased pan. Bake both cakes in a 350F preheated oven for 30-35 mins. Remove the baked cakes from the oven and cool on a cooling rack.
• Step 4 Make a sugar syrupMeanwhile prepare a sugar syrup with 1/2 cup sugar and 1/4 cup water. When the sugar syrup is ready, let it cool and add cherry juice.
• Step 5 Process cherry jam until slightly crushedProcess 3-4 tbsp of cherry jam in a food processor till the filling is slightly crushed. Save the rest of the cherry jam as a filling for later.
• Step 6 Assemble the cakeNow, to assemble the cake, place the 1st layer of the chocolate cake on a platter. Drizzle with the cherry flavoured sugar syrup till the cake is moist. Spread with one layer of whipped cream. Top with the processed cherry jam filling.
• Step 7 Apply the second layer of acakeNow place the 2nd layer of the cake. Spoon whipped cream onto the top layer and frost the cake using a spatula. After the whole cake has been frosted with the whipped topping, spoon some cherry jam onto the middle of the top cake layer.
• Step 8 Decorate the cakeNow, decorate around the cherry filling using a piping bag filled with whipped topping fitted with a star-shaped nozzle. Grate the chocolate bar to get chocolate shavings. Sprinkle this on the sides of the cake. Decorate the lower part of the cake with the star nozzle piping bag. Refrigerate till you are ready to cut it. Enjoy!