Black forest cake
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- More effort
- Serves 12
Ingredients
- 1. Butter - 180 g
- Sugar - 1 3/4cup
- 2. Eggs -3 medium sized
- 3. Plain flour - 1/2 cup
- Baking powder - 3 tsp
- Baking soda - 1/2 tsp
- Cocoa powder/ drinking choc - 2/3 cup
- 4. Instant coffee powder - 3 tsp
- Red food colour - 1/2 tsp
- Water - 1/2 cup
- Milk - 1/2 cup
- 5. Black cherry conserve or any preserve ( make sure its not too sweet)
- 6. whipped cream - 2 cups
- chocolate shavings - 1/2 cup
- glazed cherries - 8
Method
- STEP 1Mix (1) together with hand mixer/ planetary mix . Add eggs one by one to this mixing well after each addition.
- STEP 2Mix (3) well. Add this to the above mixture, red food colour, coffee powder in water and milk all adding half first and then second half till they combine well.
- STEP 3Remember to only fold while getting the dry and wet ingredients together
- STEP 4Transfer to 2 cake dishes and bake for 45 mts at 180 degreeC
- STEP 5Join the two cakes using black cherry conserve
- STEP 6Ice using whipped cream, choc shavings/cake crumps and cherries.