Easy Black Forest Cake

Name: Easy Black Forest Cake
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 12
Cuisine: German, European
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking powder; 2 teaspoons baking soda; 57 grams bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped; 1 kilograms cups (about pitted fresh cherries, quartered; 237 milliliters natural unsweetened cocoa powder; 177 milliliters confectioners sugar, sifted; 237 milliliters pitted dried cherries; 2 larges eggs, at room temperature; 248 grams 3/4 cups all-purpose flour (about; 397 grams cups (about granulated sugar; 177 milliliters kirsch; 1 teaspoon salt; 237 milliliters sour cream, at room temperature; 1 Tbsp pure vanilla extract; 118 milliliters vegetable oil; 118 milliliters boiling water; 591 milliliters heavy or whipping cream, chilled

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Easy Black Forest Cake a try. This recipe makes 12 servings with 697 calories, 8g of protein, and 35g of fat each. This recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour. It will be a hit at your valentin day event. Head to the store and pick up confectioners' sugar, vanillan extract, vegetable oil, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

For the Cake: Bring kirsch and cherries to boil over high heat in small saucepan or in liquid measuring cup in microwave. Set aside.

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Cherries

Kirsch

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Sauce Pan

Meanwhile, adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly spray 13- by 9-inch cake pan with baking spray.

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Oven

In large bowl, whisk together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In medium bowl, whisk together eggs, sour cream, oil, and vanilla.

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Baking Soda

Sour Cream

Vanilla

Cocoa Powder

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

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Salt

Cooking Oil

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Whisk

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Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and stir until mixture is a thick paste.

Pour kirsch-cherry mixture into batter through a sieve, reserving cherries.

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Cherries

Kirsch

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Add boiling water and stir batter until smooth. Stir in reserved cherries.

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Cherries

Water

Place chocolate in small bowl and microwave until smooth and melted, 1 to 2 minutes, stopping microwave to stir chocolate every 30 seconds. Alternatively, bring about 1 inch of water to boil in small saucepan.

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Chocolate

Water

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Sauce Pan

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Place chocolate in small bowl over pan and stir until chocolate is smooth and melted, 1 to 2 minutes.

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Chocolate

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Frying Pan

Scrape batter into prepared pan.

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Bake until tester inserted in center of cake comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes.

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Oven

Transfer cake to cooling rack and cool completely in pan, about 1 hour.

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Frying Pan

For the Topping: Whip cream and confectioners’ sugar to soft peaks by hand with large whisk or with electric mixer on medium speed and dollop over cake servings right before serving. Top with fresh cherries and chocolate.

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Chocolate

Cherries

Cream