Homemade Black Forest Cake Recipe.
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| Homemade Black Forest Cake Recipe./lallyrecipes |
For the Cake
Butter - 125 gms
Maida/Flour - 225 gms
Cocoa powder - 3-4 tbsps
Baking powder - 1 tsp
Baking soda - 1 tsp
Condensed milk-Milkmaid -500 gms
Coco-Cola - 250ml
For the Cream
Fresh cream - 300 ml (use 400ml)
Powdered sugar - 4-5 tbsps
Vanilla essence - 1 tsp
For the Sugar Syrup
Sugar -1 cup
Water -1 cup
For Filling and Garnish
Cherries - 1 packet
Milk Chocolate - 2
Edible silver beads - few
Chocolate strands - 100 gms
Directions
Preparing the Cake
Grease and line a round baking tin. Preheat oven to 150 C.
Microwave butter for 1 min on high to melt it. Let it cool.
Add milkmaid to the butter and beat well.
Sift together maida, cocoa powder, baking powder and baking soda.
Add maida mix to the milkmaid-butter mixture alternating with cola till maida and cola are finished.
Pour into the greased baking tin and bake for 30-40 mins or till a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Cool on a wire rack
Note: If baking in a microwave oven, then microwave on high for 8-10mins.
Preparing the sugar syrup
In a thick bottom pan, mix sugar and water and boil till the sugar melts. Keep aside to cool.
Preparing the cream
Keep the cream and beater blades in the freezer for about half an hour.
Add sugar and essence to the chilled cream.
Beat well till the cream is thick and forms soft peaks.
Keep refrigerated till use.
Assembling the Cake
Cut the cake into 3-4 layers horizontally.
Keep one layer of the cake on the serving plate.
Sprinkle 3-4 tbsps of sugar syrup on it.
Spread 2-3 tbsps of whipped cream on top of the cake.
Add chopped cherries on top.
Repeat with other layers.
Cover the cake completely with whipped cream on all sides and the top.
Level the top and sides with a broad spatula dipped in chilled water.
Decorate the top with chocolate shavings, cherries and silver beads.
I decorated the sides with chocolate strands.
Keep chilled in the fridge till use.
