Black Forest Cake

It was my hubby's Birthday...was planning to surprise him by baking my own cake, started my search....Oh My God!!! I found innumerable recipes,at last ended up making a black forest cake..the chocolaty flavor with cherries was awesome!!

Ingredients for Chocolate cake

All purpose flour-1 and 2/3 cups

Sugar-1 and 1/2 cups
Baking soda-1 and 1/2 tablespoon
Butter-1/2 cup
Eggs-2
Salt-1/2 tablespoon
Milk-1 and 1/2 cups
Vanilla Extract-1 tablespoon
Unsweetened cocoa powder-2/3 cup

Method

• Preheat the oven at 350F for 10mins.
• Sieve flour, baking soda, cocoa powder.
• In a bowl, mix butter and sugar, add eggs and whisk well ,add milk, salt and mix well.
• Add the flour mixture to the mixed liquid ingredients.
• Pour the mix in a greased oven proof dish.
• Bake at 350F for about 30mins or till a tooth pick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Ingredients for Whipped cream

Heavy whipping cream-473 ml
Vanilla extract-2 tablespoon
Confectioners sugar-5 tablespoon

Method

• Mix all the ingredients together and use hand mixer till soft cream forms.

Ingredients for Sugar syrup

Sugar-1/3cup

Water-1/2cup

Vanilla extract-1 tablespoon

Method

• Mix all the ingredients and bring it to boil until the sugar dissolves.

Method

• After the cake is baked,cool down and cut the cake horizontally into 2 to 3 sheets.
• Take one sheet and spread the sugar syrup,cream,canned cherries(optional).
• Stack the next sheet at the top of first sheet and follow the same procedure.
• Spread the remaining whipped cream at the top and decorate the cake with cherries and dark chocolate crumbs.