Easy Mini Black Forest Cakes

Name: Easy Mini Black Forest Cakes
Ingredients: 3/4 lb fresh cherries; 1/2 cup cherry juice or nectar; 1 tsp cornstarch; 1 tbsp sugar; 1 lb vanilla pound cake, cut into 8 slices; 1 cup heavy cream; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 8 tsp Kirsch; 2 None individual cups of packaged chocolate mousse

9 ingredients

3 steps

Ingredients

3/4 lb fresh cherries
1/2 cup cherry juice or nectar
1 tsp cornstarch
1 tbsp sugar
1 lb vanilla pound cake, cut into 8 slices
1 cup heavy cream
1 tsp vanilla extract
8 tsp Kirsch
2 None individual cups of packaged chocolate mousse

Directions

1

Reserve 8 cherries for garnish. Remove the stems from the remaining cherries, cut in half and pit. Blend 2 tbsp of the cherry juice with the cornstarch and place in a pan with the remaining cherry juice and sugar. Heat gently, stirring all the time until just thickened. Add the cherries and remove from the heat and leave to cool completely.
2

Use a 2 1/2 inch round cookie cutter to stamp out 8 circles from the pound cake slices and cut each circle in half horizontally. Whip the cream and vanilla extract together until soft peaks form.
3

Sprinkle the Kirsch over half the cake circles and top each with a spoonful of the cherry compote. Carefully spoon the chocolate mousse and 3/4 of the whipped cream over the cherries then gently place the remaining cake circles on top. Spread the remaining cream on top of each cake and decorate with the reserved cherries.