Black Forest Cake

2 make and bake cake as directed on box for 8 or 9 inch rounds.

Black forest cake. Where did black forest cake come from it comes from germany where it is known as schwarzwälder kirschtorte. Take the pitted cherries and soak them in a jar of the 1 2 cup kirsch overnight. Preheat the oven to 350 f line the bottom of three 9 inch round cake pans with parchment. The only change i made and i heartily recommend it is that i made a syrup out of 1 2 cup reserved cherry juice 1 2 cup sugar and 1 4 cup kirsch cherry liqueur.

Line the bottoms with parchment paper. Cream the shortening and sugar. Black forest cake was a staple when i was growing up much to my dismay read on. Black forest cake or black forest gateau is a chocolate sponge cake sandwiched with a rich cherry filling and whipped cream.

This version of black forest cake gets you an easy delicious and moist cake by using cherry pie filling and devil s food cake mix. The cake baked up beautifully the cherries were perfect and the whole thing just came together wonderfully. Gallery 44 44 more images. The best black forest cake recipe i ve tried and i ve tried a lot.

Black forest cake by maryjane robbins bake the cakes until a tester comes out clean about 25 to 30 minutes. It is usually decorated with more whipped cream chocolate shavings and whole cherries. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees f. A slice of homemade black forest cake is an immensely satisfying dessert especially for chocolate lovers.

Chocolate cake i bake the batter in two 8 inch pans then cut each cake layer in half to get a total of 4 layers. Ingredients and how to make black forest cake this is what you ll need to make the most delicious and simple black cherry forest cake. Rich layers of homemade chocolate cake are soaked in a tart cherry syrup that keeps them moist and fudge like then covered in whipped cream frosting and finished with a literal cherry on top. Pit most of the cherries leaving about 10 for decoration on top of the cake.

Grease two 8 or 9 inch round cake pans or spray with baking spray with flour. Heat oven to 350 f 325 f for dark or nonstick pans. Butter the bottoms and sides of two 9 inch round cake pans. This black forest cake combines rich chocolate cake layers with fresh cherries cherry liqueur and a simple whipped cream frosting.

Cherry syrup to soak the cake layers and cherries to add between the layers. Directions make the cake. Sift the dry cake ingredients together. Black forest cake is also wildly impressive.