Black Forest Cake on Pasta’s 2nd Birthday!
Black Forest Cake is actually a layered Chocolate cake with layers separated by Whipped cream and Maraschino Cherries and spreaded with a liquor extracted from Cherries called “Kirsch”. However in India, kirsch is substituted with Cherry syrup to make the cake non-alcoholic.
Servings 2 Kg
Calories
Ingredients
For making Chocolate Cake with Eggs:
- All Purpose Flour/ Maida: 2 Cup
- Cocoa Powder: ½ cup
- Baking Powder: 1 Tsp.
- Baking Soda: 1 Tsp.
- Salt: ½ Tsp.
- Instant Coffee Powder: 1 Tbsp.
- Powdered Sugar: 1.5 cup
- Unsalted Butter: 1 cup
- Eggs: 4
- Vanilla Essence: 1 Tsp.
For making the syrup:
- Syrup from Cherry Tin: 1 cup
- Water: ½ Cup
- Sugar: 2 Tbsp.
For making the Frosting:
- Heavy Whipping Cream: 750ml I’ve used delight’s Non-dairy Whipping Cream
- Tinned Cherries:1 Tin
- Chocolate Bar:1 I’ve used Bournville
Instructions
Making of the Cake:
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- Preheat the Oven in 180 degree C for 10 minutes.
- Sift All Purpose Flour along with Cocoa Powder, Baking Powder and Baking Soda 2 times. And keep that aside.
- Mix Instant Coffee Powder with 2 Tbsp. Hot water.
- Now take Butter in Room temperature in a Glass Bowl and using a Electric Blender (Whipping attachment) start mixing it in medium speed until butter turns creamy.
- Add Sugar Powder to the Butter and blend it for 1 minute in medium speed.
- Now add Coffee Powder mixed water and Vanilla Essence to the mixture and again blend it till the coffee mixes properly.
- Now add one egg to the mixture and blend in high speed and then add rest of the eggs one by one and keep the mixture blending till it turns frothy.
- Finally start adding Flour mixture by parts (I have added in three parts) to the wet mixture and mix it lightly by cutting and folding using a spoon. Never overmix in this stage else the mixture will release bubbles and cake will not turn fluffy.
- Take a 9” round cake tin and line it with a Parchment paper and then pour the cake mix in to the Cake tin.
- Place the cake in in Pre-heated oven and bake it for 40 minutes in 180 degree C.
- Check the cake after every 3 minutes when 30 minutes over by inserting a tooth pick in the middle of the cake.
- Remove the cake from oven when tooth pick come out clean from the cake.
- Cool the Chocolate cake in a Wire rack and then remove it from the cake tin.
Making of the Cherry Syrup:
- Open the tin containing Cherries and strain the Syrup from the Cherries.
- Add ½ Cup water and 2 Tbsp. Sugar Powder to the thick syrup to dilute it and to make it sweeter.
- Keep it aside for decoration.
Whipping the Cream:
- Refrigerate the Whipping Cream along with the Bowl to be used for whipping the cream and the whipping attachment of the mixer for 1 hour before whipping.
- Now take some ice cube in a bowl and place the bowl to be used of whipping the cream over the ice cubes.
- Start whipping the cream initially in medium speed and then in high speed until stiff pick forms. Don’t over whip the cream else it will turns to Butter.
Assembling and Decorating Black Forest Cake:
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- Cut the upper side of the cake in case it is not levelled.
- Then Cut it horizontally in to 3 Pieces.
- In case you are available with a turn table use it to decorate the cake. I don’t have one and I have used a normal steal plate instead of a turn table.
- Take a flat plate or Cake Board and put some cream on the middle and place first piece of the cake over the cream.
- Now using a Pastry brush apply Cherry syrup on the upper side of the cake evenly.
- Now using a spatula put good amount of Cream over the Cherry syrup coated Cake and spread it evenly. Don’t fill the cake top till the edges.
- Now spread some chopped cherries over the cream layer.
- Place 2nd layer of the cake over the layer of cherries and following the same method apply cherry syrup, Cream and Chopped cherries.
- Place the final layer of cake and after applying Cherry syrup cover entire cake with Cream.
- Now place the cake in refrigerator for 1 hour before further decoration.
- Take rest of the cream and fill a piping bag with it and attach a piping nozzle of your choice.
- Decorate the cake with the help of the piping bag filled with Cream. I have given a wavy decoration to my cake.
- Fill the upper side with whole Cherries and Sprinkle Grated Chocolate to Finish Black Forest Cake.
Notes
I have used Unsalted Butter and have added little salt to the mixture. In case you are using normal Salted table butter then don't add extra salt.
Since I have used Packaged Whipping Cream with added sugar, I have not added extra Sugar while whipping the Cream. In case you are using normal heavy cream to make the frosting then add 3 Tbsp. of Icing Sugar while Whipping the Cream.
Since I have used Packaged Whipping Cream with added sugar, I have not added extra Sugar while whipping the Cream. In case you are using normal heavy cream to make the frosting then add 3 Tbsp. of Icing Sugar while Whipping the Cream.
