Black Forest Cake

Name: Black Forest Cake
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: 7 eggs; 1 cup sugar; flour; cocoa powder; milk; fresh cherries; cream; dark chocolate

Serves 1

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Black Forest Cake

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Serves 1

Directions

1Add 7 eggs to a large mixing bowl.
2Add 1 cup of sugar to the eggs.
3Beat the eggs and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
4Add milk and continue mixing.
5Sift flour and cocoa powder into the mixture.
6Fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients with a spatula until just combined.
7Pour more milk and mix until well combined.
8Divide the batter evenly into two greased and floured round baking pans.
9Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
10Pit fresh cherries and place them in a bowl.
11Add sugar to the cherries to make the marmalade.
12Once the cake layers are baked and cooled, place one layer on a serving board.
13Spread a layer of cherry marmalade over the cake.
14Pipe a border of whipped cream around the edge of the cake layer.
15Fill the center with fresh cherries.
16Place the next cake layer on top and repeat the process.
17Apply a thin layer of cream around the sides of the cake.
18Smooth the sides with a cake scraper.
19Pipe rosettes of whipped cream around the top edge of the cake.
20Place fresh cherries on top of each cream rosette.
21Fill the center of the cake with chocolate shavings.
22Slice and serve the Black Forest Cake.

Ingredients

7 eggs
1 cup sugar
flour
cocoa powder
milk
fresh cherries
cream
dark chocolate

Equipment

large mixing bowlelectric mixersievespatularound baking panspiping bagcake knife

Black Forest Cake

Serves 1

pin.it

Black Forest Cake

pin.it

Serves 1

Directions

1Add 7 eggs to a large mixing bowl.
2Add 1 cup of sugar to the eggs.
3Beat the eggs and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
4Add milk and continue mixing.
5Sift flour and cocoa powder into the mixture.
6Fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients with a spatula until just combined.
7Pour more milk and mix until well combined.
8Divide the batter evenly into two greased and floured round baking pans.
9Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
10Pit fresh cherries and place them in a bowl.
11Add sugar to the cherries to make the marmalade.
12Once the cake layers are baked and cooled, place one layer on a serving board.
13Spread a layer of cherry marmalade over the cake.
14Pipe a border of whipped cream around the edge of the cake layer.
15Fill the center with fresh cherries.
16Place the next cake layer on top and repeat the process.
17Apply a thin layer of cream around the sides of the cake.
18Smooth the sides with a cake scraper.
19Pipe rosettes of whipped cream around the top edge of the cake.
20Place fresh cherries on top of each cream rosette.
21Fill the center of the cake with chocolate shavings.
22Slice and serve the Black Forest Cake.