Black forest cake

By shinee

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Ingredients

Cake:
60g cake flour
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1/4 tp salt
4 eggs
135g sugar
40g melted butter
1tp vanilla extract
Whipped cream:
600ml heavy whipping cream
30g sugar
1tp vanilla extract
Cherry fillings:
700ml Morello cherries
240ml cherry juice
50g sugar
2tp vanilla extract

Details

Level of difficulty Average
Preparation time 30mins
Cooking time 30mins
Cost Average budget

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 180oC. Grease the cake tin with butter.

Step 2

Mix cake flour, cocoa powder and salt together.

Step 3

Add sugar to egg and whisk together.

Step 4

Warm the eggs over water bath. Keep stirring until lukewarm.

Step 5

Beat the eggs until smooth and creamy. Add vanilla extract and mix.

Step 6

Add flour mixture to egg mixture 1/3 at a time and mix well. Add 4 tbsp batter into warm melted butter and mix. Then, transfer back to the batter and mix well. Bake for 20-25min.

Step 7

Mix sugar, vanilla extract and heavy cream together. Cover and chill in the fridge with the whisk for 1 hour.

Step 8

Drain the cherries and remain the juice. Cook the juice with sugar over medium heat until dissolved. Then add vanilla extract.

Step 9

Cut the cake into 2 layers. Pour the juice over the the 2 layers. Whipped the cream until smooth. Spread the cream in between the layers and line the cherries. Cover the cake with more cream.