Yummy Black Forest Cake Recipe

This is my first attempt at putting together a whole cake with icing, cream etc and basically getting the look of those cakes that I adore at bakeries.

Black Forest Cake

This is a recipe I got from my sis as I was discussing making black forest cup cakes.

Black Forest Cake Recipe

2 -1/8 cups all purpose flour
2 cups powdered white sugar
3/4 cups cocoa powder (unsweetened)
1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
3/4 tsp Baking Soda
1/4 tsp salt

Combine all the above ingredients and sift them to remove impurities and lumps

In another bowl, whisk
1 cup milk
1/2 cup veg oil
1 tsp vanilla essence
3 eggs

Now add in the flour mixture slowly, incorporating each time well to form a smooth batter
Should you see lumps, give a quick whisk with an electric beater just enough to remove the lumps.

Cake Batter is ready.

Divide batter equally into 2 tins.

Pre-Heat Oven at 175 deg C or 350 deg F and bake the cakes for 35-40 minutes.

Once the cake is ready, slice the cakes into half

Remove crumbs from the sides and the top for decoration and keep aside

Black Forest Cake Sliced into halves

While the cake is still int he oven, you can prepare your cherry syrup and icing.

Recipe Cherry Syrup for Black Forest Cake

2 Cans cherries (pitted)
1 cup icing sugar or powdered sugar
14 cup cornstarch (if you do not have corn starch, make sugar syrup instead)
1tsp vanilla extract

Combine all the above into a heavy bottomed non stick pan and reduce over medium flame till the mixture thickens. Remove from heat and allow it to cool.

cherries before reduction

cherries after reduction

Recipe for Black Forest Cake Icing

3 cups of heavy whipping cream
1/3 cup icing sugar

 Combine the above in a cold bowl and whisk with an electric beater at high till you get soft high peaks

Now place one layer of the cake on a plate or cake base
Place icing on top and use a palette knife to run over it to get a nice finishing.
Top it with cherry reduction syrup and spread well

Black forest cake layering

Make sure you add only enough icing and cherry reduction on each layer so that you have enough for all layers as well as the final decoration on top of the cake.

Once you have assembled all the layers, you can start decorating your cake.

Almost completed black forest cake... decorated with cherries on each icing circles and cherry reduction sauce

Decoration completed with sprinkled cake crumbs

Time to cut and indulge :D

My piece :D