Black Forest Cake
Black Forest Cake

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Black Forest Cake is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Black Forest Cake is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

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To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have black forest cake using 19 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Black Forest Cake:
  1. Take cake flour
  2. Get eggs
  3. Make ready kirsch (brandy)
  4. Take buttermilk
  5. Make ready heavy whipping cream
  6. Make ready baking soda
  7. Make ready confectioner's sugar
  8. Get semisweet baking chocolate
  9. Take shortening
  10. Get vanilla extract
  11. Prepare salt
  12. Take butter
  13. Get unsweetened cocoa powder
  14. Take kirsch
  15. Get salt
  16. Make ready coffee (very strong)
  17. Prepare sweet cherries in heavy syrup, drained
  18. Prepare sugar
  19. Make ready vanilla extract

Cherry syrup to soak the cake layers, and cherries to add between the layers. Black Forest Cake or Black Forest Gateau is a chocolate sponge cake sandwiched with a rich cherry filling and whipped cream. It is usually decorated with more whipped cream, chocolate shavings, and whole cherries. Where did black forest cake come from It comes from Germany where it is known as Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte.

Steps to make Black Forest Cake:
  1. In a mixing bowl, combine cake flour, baking soda, cocoa and one teaspoon salt through a sieve, mix well and keep it aside.
  2. 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.
  3. Add the above mixture into the flour mixture, along with 8 ounces of buttermilk (alternatively). Mix well till all the ingredients are blended completely.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.

It is usually decorated with more whipped cream, chocolate shavings, and whole cherries. Where did black forest cake come from It comes from Germany where it is known as Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte. Black Forest gâteau recipes A bit of a retro classic, this. Chocolate sponge is layered with whipped cream and cherry filling. Try Delia's foolproof Black Forest roulade or the Hairy Bikers' easy.

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