Black Forest Cake I

Name: Black Forest Cake I
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: German, European
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoons baking soda; 1 kilograms pitted sour cherries; 79 milliliters confectioners sugar; 59 milliliters cornstarch; 3 eggs; 503 milliliters all-purpose flour; 710 milliliters heavy whipping cream; 237 milliliters milk; 1 teaspoons salt; 177 milliliters unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 118 milliliters vegetable oil; 237 milliliters white sugar

Black Forest Cake I is a vegetarian recipe with 8 servings. One portion of this dish contains roughly 11g of protein, 51g of fat, and a total of 830 calories. This recipe covers 17% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for valentin day. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. A mixture of vanillan extract, salt, cherries, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. It works well as a rather inexpensive dessert.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9 inch, round, cake pans; cover bottoms with waxed paper.

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All Purpose Flour

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Oven

In a large bowl, combine flour, 2 cups sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

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Baking Soda

Cocoa Powder

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

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Bowl

Add eggs, milk, oil, and 1 tablespoon vanilla; beat until well blended.

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Vanilla

Egg

Milk

Cooking Oil

Pour batter into prepared pans.

Bake for 35 minutes, or until wooden toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool layers in pans on wire racks 10 minutes. Loosen edges, and remove to racks to cool completely.

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Toothpicks

Oven

Drain cherries, reserving 1/2 cup juice.

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Cherries

Juice

Combine reserved juice, cherries, 1 cup sugar and cornstarch in a 2 quart saucepan. Cook over low heat until thickened, stirring constantly. Stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla. Cool before using.

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Corn Starch

Cherries

Vanilla

Juice

Sugar

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Sauce Pan

Combine whipping cream and confectioner's sugar in a chilled medium bowl. Beat with an electric mixer at high speed until stiff peaks form.

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Whipping Cream

Sugar

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

With long serrated knife, split each cake layer horizontally in half. Tear one split layer into crumbs; set aside. Reserve 1 1/2 cups Frosting for decorating cake; set aside. Gently brush loose crumbs off top and side of each cake layer with pasty brush or hands. To assemble, place one cake layer on cake plate.

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Frosting

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Serrated Knife

Spread with 1 cup frosting; top with 3/4 cup cherry topping. Top with second cake layer; repeat layers of frosting and cherry topping. Top with third cake layer. Frost side of cake. Pat reserved crumbs onto frosting on side of cake. Spoon reserved frosting into pastry bag fitted with star decorator tip. Pipe around top and bottom edges of cake. Spoon remaining cherry topping onto top of cake.

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Frosting

Cherries

Spread