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Black Forest Cake is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Black Forest Cake is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
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. This black forest cake is an adult cake as it has kirsch (a cherry liqueur) and isn't overly sweet. The kirsch is not overpowering but you can tell it's there.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook black forest cake using 19 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Black Forest Cake:
- Get 1 2/3 cup cake flour
- Make ready 2 eggs
- Prepare 4 oz kirsch (brandy)
- Prepare 12 oz buttermilk
- Take 16 oz heavy whipping cream
- Take 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- Prepare 3 1/2 cup confectioner's sugar
- Prepare 1 oz semisweet baking chocolate
- Prepare 4 oz shortening
- Get 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- Take 1 pinch salt
- Make ready 8 oz butter
- Get 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- Get 3 tsp kirsch
- Get 1 tsp salt
- Get 1 tsp coffee (very strong)
- Make ready 14 oz sweet cherries in heavy syrup, drained
- Take 12 oz sugar
- Get 1 tsp vanilla extract
This Black Forest Cake combines rich chocolate cake layers with fresh cherries, cherry liqueur, and a simple whipped cream frosting. Black Forest Cake was a staple when I was growing up (much to my. Black Forest Cake is probably the most famous German Cake! Made with three layers of light and fluffy chocolate cake that are topped with homemade cherry filling and fresh whipped cream.
Instructions to make Black Forest Cake:
- In a mixing bowl, combine cake flour, baking soda, cocoa and one teaspoon salt through a sieve, mix well and keep it aside.
- Cream shortening in a medium-sized mixing bowl and add sugar to it. Stir continuously till the mixture becomes light and fluffy. Add eggs along with the vanilla essence into it and mix thoroughly.
- Add the above mixture into the flour mixture, along with 8 ounces of buttermilk (alternatively). Mix well till all the ingredients are blended completely.
- Take two 8 inch round pans and place parchment circles at the surfaces and pour the prepared cake mixture into it. Bake both the pans in a 350°F preheated oven for at least 35-40 minutes or till it is completely done. Do the toothpick test to check whether the cake is baked fully before taking it out.
- Let the baked cakes cool completely on a wire rack. Once this is done, slice the cakes from the center horizontally. Pour 1 ounce kirsch each on the cut side of both the cakes and set aside.
- Beat the butter in another bowl till it becomes light and fluffy. Add a pinch of salt, coffee, remaining buttermilk, confectioners sugar and mix well.
- Take one layer of the cake on a plate and spread 1/3 of the filling on it evenly. Place 1/3 of the cherries on top of it and place another layer of cake above it and repeat the same procedure.
- Once all the layers have been filled, make a mixture with 3 teaspoons kirsch and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla and pour over the cake. Prepare icing by whisking cream in a bowl and adding it to the uppermost layer. To decorate the cake, sprinkle chocolate shavings on top of the cake.
Black Forest Cake has been around for ages and is a traditional German cake known for its layers of chocolate cake, whipped cream, cherries and most importantly, a clear liqueur made from sour. Black Forest Cake is one rich and decadent cake. Homemade cake, sour cherry filling, and topped with whipped cream. Everything about this rich black forest cake is mouthwatering. To me, a Black Forest Cake is a party cake.
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