Black Forest Cherry Cake

Name: Black Forest Cherry Cake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking powder; 2 teaspoons baking soda; 59 milliliters canola oil; 14 grams dark chocolate curls; 3 Tbsps cornstarch; 158 milliliters cranberry juice cocktail; 2 larges eggs; 237 milliliters fat-free milk; 414 milliliters 7.75 ounces all-purpose flour (about; 1 Tbsp kirsch (cherry brandy); 237 milliliters nonfat buttermilk; 0 teaspoons salt; 158 milliliters sugar; 473 milliliters sugar; 177 milliliters unsweetened cocoa; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 59 milliliters water; 822 grams pitted tart cherries in water, drained; 473 milliliters frozen reduced-fat whipped topping, thawed

Black Forest Cherry Cake might be just the dessert you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains about 4g of protein, 6g of fat, and a total of 278 calories. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 16. If you have cranberry juice cocktail, baking soda, whipped topping, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

To prepare filling, combine first 4 ingredients in a large saucepan; stir until cornstarch dissolves.

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Corn Starch

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Sauce Pan

Heat pan over medium-high heat; bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Cook 1 minute or until sugar mixture is very thick, stirring constantly.

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Sugar

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Frying Pan

Remove sugar mixture from heat. Stir in cherries. Cool completely; cover and set aside.

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Cherries

Sugar

To prepare cake, preheat the oven to 35

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Oven

Weigh or lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife.

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All Purpose Flour

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Measuring Cup

Knife

Combine flour and next 5 ingredients (through salt) in a large bowl; stir with a whisk.

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All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Combine buttermilk, milk, oil, vanilla, and eggs in a bowl; stir with a whisk.

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Buttermilk

Vanilla

Egg

Milk

Cooking Oil

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Whisk

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Add buttermilk mixture to sugar mixture; beat with a mixer at medium speed just until well blended (batter will be thin).

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Buttermilk

Sugar

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Blender

Pour batter into 2 (9-inch) round cake pans coated with cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

Bake at 350 for 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans. Cool completely on wire rack.

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Wire Rack

Oven

Place 1 cake layer on a plate, and spoon half of cherry mixture (about 1 1/2 cups) evenly over the top, leaving a 1/4-inch border around edges.

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Cherries

Combine whipped topping and kirsch in a small bowl. Spoon 1 cup whipped topping mixture evenly over cherry mixture. Top with remaining cake layer. Spoon remaining 1 1/2 cups cherry mixture onto cake layer, leaving a 1/2-inch border around edges. Spoon remaining 1 cup whipped topping mixture onto cherry mixture, leaving a 2-inch border from the edge of the cake layer.

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Whipped Topping