Little Black Forest cakes

Name: Little Black Forest cakes
Prep time: 42 min
Cook time: 42 min
Total time: 42 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 25 grams butter, melted and cooled, plus extra butter for greasing; 5 eggs; 140 grams caster sugar; 25 grams cocoa powder; 100 grams self-raising flour; 250 grams cherry; 284 milliliters pot double cream; 4 Tbsps kirsch; 25 grams dark chocolate, grated

Little Black Forest cakes is a lacto ovo vegetarian dessert. This recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 6 servings with 480 calories, 9g of protein, and 27g of fat each. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 42 minutes. If you have butter, chocolate, kirsch, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Heat oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas

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Oven

Butter and line a 30 x 35cm (or thereabouts) Swiss roll tin. Using an electric hand-held beater, whisk the eggs and sugar until they are thick and pale and the mixture leaves a trail when the beaters are lifted. This will take about 5-6 mins.

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Butter

Sugar

Egg

Roll

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Whisk

Sift the cocoa powder and flour over the mixture, then fold in using a large metal spoon.

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Cocoa Powder

All Purpose Flour

Drizzle over the butter, then fold this in, too.

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Butter

Pour the mixture into the tin and gently level and smooth out with a palette knife.

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Palette Knife

Bake for 10-12 mins, until the cake feels firm to the touch and springs back when lightly pressed.

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Oven

Turn the cake out onto a cooling rack and peel off the paper. Leave to cool. Meanwhile, select and reserve 6 cherries with stalks (to decorate), then stone the remainder. Whip the cream until it just holds its shape.

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Cherries

Cream

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Wire Rack

Cut 12 rounds from the cake using a 7-8cm cutter or a glass, then sprinkle each with a tsp of kirsch. Set 6 cakes on a large plate or stand, spread with cream, then arrange the stoned cherries on top. Top with a second circle of sponge.

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Cherries

Kirsch

Spread

Cream

Spread with the rest of the cream, sprinkle with chocolate, then set a cherry on each cake and serve.

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Chocolate

Cherries

Spread

Cream

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Ingredients

Servings:

25grams

butter, melted and cooled, plus extra butter for greasing 5

eggs 140grams

caster sugar 25grams

cocoa powder 100grams

self-raising flour 250grams

cherry 284milliliters

pot double cream 4Tbsps

kirsch 25grams

dark chocolate, grated

Recommended wine: Cream Sherry, Dornfelder, Moscato Dasti, Port, Riesling

Black Forest Cake on the menu? Try pairing with Cream Sherry, Dornfelder, and Moscato d'Asti. A common wine pairing rule is to make sure your wine is sweeter than your food. Delicate desserts go well with Moscato d'Asti, nutty desserts with cream sherry, and caramel or chocolate desserts pair well with port. One wine you could try is NV Johnson Estate Cream Sherry. It has 5 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 19 dollars.