I have posted two black forest cakes recipes earlier but this recipe is an authentic and delicious treat for Black forest cake lovers. I myself love the taste of coffee in every bite of cake. Try it this Eid and enjoy with your family.
INGREDIENTS FOR CAKE:
Flour | 1-2/3 cups |
Butter | 1/2 cup |
Sugar | 1- 1/2 cup |
Eggs | 2 |
Vanilla essence | 1 tsp |
Cocoa powder | 2/3 cup |
Baking powder | 1 - 1/2 tsp |
Buttermilk | Add 1 tsp vinegar in 1 cup milk and leave it for 15 minutes. |
Salt | 1/4 tsp |
INGREDIENTS FOR FILLING:
Cherry juice | 1/2 cup |
Butter | 1/2 cup |
Icing sugar | 3 cups |
Espresso | 1/4 cup |
Fresh black or red cherries | 1 and 1/2 cups |
INGREDIENTS FOR ICING:
Whipping cream | 2 cups |
Icing sugar | 2 tbsp |
Vanilla essence | 1/2 tsp |
Milk powder | 2 tbsp |
Chocolate shaves | as needed |
Cherries for garnish | as needed |
METHOD:
- Soak pitted cherries in 1/2 cup of cherry juice overnight. You can replace cherry juice with pineapple juice too.
- Preheat oven.
- Sift dry ingredients and set aside.
- Cream butter and sugar and add eggs and vanilla essence. Beat well.
- Add dry ingredients alternating with buttermilk, after mixing pour cake batter in baking pan and bake at 180c until a tooth pick comes out clean.
- Let it cool completely and cut into two halves.
- Poke the surface of cake with toothpick and spread cherry and juice mixture on cake.
- Now make filling, beat butter and icing sugar in a bowl till creamy. Add Coffee and beat well. If the mixture is thick then add cherry juice 1-2 tbsp.
- Spread filling on cake and then spread pitted cherries on filling. Place another cake piece on top. Cover with cling wrap and refrigerate it for 3-4 hours.
- Now whip cream and add, sugar, milk powder and essence.
- Spread cream on all sides of cake.
- Garnish with Chocolate Shaves.
- Keep in refrigerator to set.
This Delicious cake I am sending to my Fellow Bloggers Eid Party
Thank you Flour&Spice , Chocolate&Chillies and My Ninja Naan for Inviting me.
Thank you so much for participating in #EidEats2016! This is such a classic dessert, totally love it! Fantastic presentation my friend!
Eid Mubarak to you and your family! <3
Thanks Henna 🙂