Black Forest Cake

18 ingredients
7 steps

Ingredients

  • For the cake:
  • 1 and 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 and 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup cocoa powder
  • Whipped cream:
  • 500 ml whipping cream
  • 5 tsp sugar
  • Sugar syrup:
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 tbsp any good brandy or rum
  • Ingredients for assembling the cake
  • 1 can cherries
  • bitter sweet dark chocolate crumbs/shavings

Directions

  1. 1
    Cut the cake horizontally into 3-4 pieces.
  2. 2
    Take one piece on cake board. Spread the sugar syrup. Spread cream on top.
  3. 3
    Spread few chopped cherries.
  4. 4
    Keep the next cake layer on top.
  5. 5
    Spread syrup, cream, cherries. Continue till all the cake pieces are done.
  6. 6
    Press down the cake lightly. Spread the remaining cream on top and on the sides.
  7. 7
    decorate with cherry halves and chocolate crumbs/shavings. chilled and serve..

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