Black Forest gâteau or Black Forest cake
Growing up, this was the only variety of cake I liked from a café. The feel of the cold whipped cream with the sponge chocolate cake was priceless. Believe it or not we cousins used to fight over those overly sweet Maraschino cherries! A delicious cake such as Chocolate with cherry cake calls for real cherries and not some artificial flavored. My version of Black Forest Cake is not the authentic German Black Forest Cake which is incomplete without kirsh (clear colorless brandy)!
This Black Forest Cake doesn’t have any alcohol.
The Cherry Compote for the Black Forest Cake
It’s a simple cherry compote with sugar and red cherry. To enhance the flavor, I added fresh thyme to it.
Black Forest Chocolate Sponge Cake
This is my standard chocolate sponge cake that I bake quite often. I like to add just a hint of instant coffee powder along with cocoa powder. I made two 6-inch cake. You can make just one tall 6 inch cake or 1 8 inch cake and then slice to layer in two.
Ingredients for the Black Forest Cake
Simple cherry compote flavored with fresh thyme leaves Whipped cream
For the chocolate sponge cake
EggSugarOilAll purpose flourBaking powderBaking sodaCocoa powderInstant coffee powderSalt
Steps to prepare the chocolate sponge cake
Whisk the egg with sugar until it turns pale and fluffy.Then whisk the oil to it.Sift all the dry ingredients in a separate bowl. And fold it to the fluffy whisked egg mixture.Pour in two separates 6-inch round cake panBake at 350 F for about 30 minutes
How to get flat cake top?
You could use one of these baking cake strips or just wrap the outside side of the cake pan using an aluminum foil.
I personally don’t like frosting on cake but with black forest cake, I don’t mind. The cold whipped cream doesn’t feel that heavy on the palate or overly sweet. While this might not be an authentic Black Forest Cake Recipe, you will surely enjoy the taste of this effortless cake recipe.
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