Black Forest Cake
pauljoseph
- Serves
- 5
This is one of my favorite cake.This we made for Solomon Family from South Africa for her birthday
Ingredients
- For the cake:
- 1 and ½ cups all purpose flour
- 1 and 1/2 cups sugar
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 cup butter
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- Whipped cream:
- 500 ml whipping cream
- 5 tsp sugar
- Sugar syrup:
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 tbsp any good brandy or rum
- Ingredients for assembling the cake
- 1 can cherries
- bitter sweet dark chocolate crumbs/shavings
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Directions
- Step 1
Cut the cake horizontally into 3-4 pieces.
- Step 2
Take one piece on cake board. Spread the sugar syrup. Spread cream on top.
- Step 3
Spread few chopped cherries.
- Step 4
Keep the next cake layer on top.
- Step 5
Spread syrup, cream, cherries. Continue till all the cake pieces are done.
- Step 6
Press down the cake lightly. Spread the remaining cream on top and on the sides.
- Step 7
decorate with cherry halves and chocolate crumbs/shavings. chilled and serve..