Black Forest Delight

9 ingredients
20 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 pkg. (2-layer size) devil's food cake mix
  • 1 cup boiling water
  • 1 pkg. (85 g) Jell-O Cherry Jelly Powder
  • 1/4 cup cold water
  • 2/3 cup sour cream
  • 2/3 cup icing sugar
  • 3 cups thawed Cool Whip Whipped Topping
  • 1/3 cup drained maraschino cherries, divided
  • 1 oz. Baker's Semi-Sweet Chocolate

Directions

  1. 1
    Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. 2
    Prepare cake batter and bake as directed on package for 2 (9-inch) round layers.
  3. 3
    Loosen cakes from sides of pans with knife; cool in pans 15 min.
  4. 4
    Add boiling water to jelly powder; stir 2 min.
  5. 5
    until completely dissolved.
  6. 6
    Stir in cold water.
  7. 7
    Pierce cake layers with large fork at 1/2-inch intervals.
  8. 8
    Pour half the jelly over each cake.
  9. 9
    Refrigerate 3 hours.
  10. 10
    Mix sour cream and sugar in medium bowl; gently stir in Cool Whip.
  11. 11
    Dip bottom of 1 cake pan in warm water 10 sec.
  12. 12
    ; invert cake onto plate.
  13. 13
    Carefully remove pan; spread cake with 1 cup Cool Whip mixture.
  14. 14
    Reserve a few cherries for garnish.
  15. 15
    Chop remaining cherries; sprinkle over cake on plate.
  16. 16
    Remove remaining cake layer from pan; place on first cake layer.
  17. 17
    Frost top and sides with remaining Cool Whip mixture.
  18. 18
    Melt chocolate as directed on package; cool slightly.
  19. 19
    Drizzle over cake.
  20. 20
    Garnish with reserved cherries.

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