A classic dessert of chocolate sponge cake layered with cream and cherries.
Recipe Description for Black Forest Cake ( Cake Recipe )
Preparation Time:
Cooking Time:
Makes 1 cake
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Cooking Time:
Makes 1 cake
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Ingredients
For The Sugar Syrup3/4 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
For The Cake1 readymade chocolate sponge cake (7")
4 cups whipped cream (beaten)
14 to 16 canned cherries , cut into halves
For The Garnish1 1/4 cups chocolate curls
8 to 10 whole canned cherries
For the sugar syrup
- Combine the sugar and water in a broad non-stick pan and cook on a medium flame for 4 to 5 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
- Remove from the flame and keep aside to cool.
How to proceed
- Place the chocolate cake on a turntable and slice it horizontally into 3 equal layers. Keep aside.
- Place the bottom layer of the chocolate cake on the turntable and soak it with 2 tbsp of the soaking syrup.
- Spread 1 cup of whipped cream evenly on the soaked layer of the cake with the help of a spatula.
- Arrange half of the canned cherries at equal distance over it.
- Repeat the steps 2 to 4 to make 1 more layer on top.
- Finally place the topmost layer of the cake on top and soak it with the remaining soaking syrup.
- Spread the remaining whipped cream evenly on top and at the sides of the cake with the help of a spatula.
- Sprinkle 3/4 cup of the chocolate curls on top of the cake leaving 1 inch from the circumference of the cake.
- Gently pat the remaining 1/2 cup of chocolate curls evenly along the sides of the cake.
- Place the whole canned cherries evenly along the circumference of the cake and refrigerate till use.
- Cut into 6 equal wedges and serve.
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