Name: Black Forest Cake
Prep time: 13 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Ingredients: 12 Serves:; 265 g plain flour; 400 g caster sugar; 65 g unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder; 3/4 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda; 3/4 teaspoon salt; 3 eggs; 250 ml milk; 120 ml vegetable oil; 1 tablespoon vanilla extract; 3 (425 g) tins black cherries; 200 g caster sugar; 4 tablespoons cornflour; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 750 ml whipping cream; 5 tablespoons icing sugar

Black Forest Cake.

You can have Black Forest Cake using 17 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Black Forest Cake

You need 12 of Serves:.
Prepare 265 g of plain flour.
Prepare 400 g of caster sugar.
You need 65 g of unsweetened cocoa powder.
You need 1 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder.
It's 3/4 teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda.
You need 3/4 teaspoon of salt.
Prepare 3 of eggs.
Prepare 250 ml of milk.
Prepare 120 ml of vegetable oil.
It's 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract.
You need 3 (425 g) of tins black cherries.
Prepare 200 g of caster sugar.
Prepare 4 tablespoons of cornflour.
You need 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
It's 750 ml of whipping cream.
Prepare 5 tablespoons of icing sugar.

Black Forest Cake step by step

Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4. Grease and flour two 23cm (9 in) round cake tins; cover bottoms with baking parchment..
In a large bowl, combine flour, 400g sugar, cocoa, baking powder, bicarb and salt. Add eggs, milk, oil and 1 tablespoon vanilla; beat until well blended. Pour cake mixture into prepared tins..
Bake for 35 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into centre comes out clean. Cool layers in tins on wire racks for 10 minutes. Loosen edges, and remove to racks to cool completely..
To make the cherry topping: Drain cherries, reserving 125ml juice. Combine reserved juice, cherries, 200g sugar and cornflour in a 2 litre saucepan. Cook over low heat until thickened, stirring constantly. Stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla. Cool before using..
To make the whipped cream icing: Combine whipping cream and icing sugar in a chilled medium bowl. Beat with an electric mixer at high speed until stiff peaks form..
With long serrated knife, split each cake layer horizontally in half. Break one split layer apart into crumbs; set aside. Reserve 1/4 of the whipped cream icing 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. Spread with whipped cream icing, then top with 180ml cherry topping. Top with second cake layer; repeat layers of whipped cream icing and cherry topping. Top with third cake layer. Ice side of cake. Pat reserved crumbs onto icing on side of cake. Spoon reserved icing into pastry bag fitted with star tip. Pipe around top and bottom edges of cake. Spoon remaining cherry topping onto top of cake..