Ingredients
- 1 cup castor sugar
- 200 gm butter
- 2 tablespoon vanilla essence
- 4 eggs
- 1-1/4 cup all purpose flour (maida)
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 3 tablespoon chocolate syrup
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon coffee
- 1 bar of dark chocolate
- 15-20 canned cherries
- pinch of salt
Procedure
1. Take castor sugar and butter (softened) in a bowl.
2. Whip them at slow speed till the mixture is fluffy and sugar is dissolved completely.
3. Add vanilla essence and chocolate syrup to the mixture and whip it again.
4. Add eggs one at a time and whip the mixture till it is completely mixed.
5. Whip the eggs till the batter is light and fluffy.
6. Take cocoa powder, flour, baking powder and salt in a separate bowl and mix well.
6. Take cocoa powder, flour, baking powder and salt in a separate bowl and mix well.
7. Sieve flour mixture into the batter. Do not add all of the flour at once. Add in small portions.
8. Use cut and fold technique to mix the flour in the batter.
9. Grease the cake tin with butter (use leftover butter paper for greasing) and dust it with flour.
10. Pre-heat the oven at 180 degree Celsius.
11. Add the batter to the tin and spread it evenly.
12. Place the tin in oven and bake the cake for 40 mins at 180 degree Celsius.
13. Use toothpick to check if cake is cooked or not. prick the cake with toothpick and if it comes out clean then our cake is ready.
14. Now cut the sides of the cake with a warm sharp knife.
15. Cut the cake into 3 even layers.
16. Prepare a mixture of cold water, sugar and teaspoon of coffee and sprinkle it over the three layer to make the cake moist and flavoured with coffee.
17. Spread whipped cream on top of the bottom most layer.
18. Cut small pieces of canned cherries and spread them over the creamy layer.
15. Cut the cake into 3 even layers.
16. Prepare a mixture of cold water, sugar and teaspoon of coffee and sprinkle it over the three layer to make the cake moist and flavoured with coffee.
17. Spread whipped cream on top of the bottom most layer.
18. Cut small pieces of canned cherries and spread them over the creamy layer.
19. Place the second layer of cake.
20. Repeat the above steps for the third layer. Spread layer of whipped cream and cherries and cover it with the top layer.
21. Spread the whipped cream all over the cake.
22. Grate dark chocolate all over the cake.
23. Garnish with leftover cherries.
24. Black forest cake is ready :)
