Authentic Black Forest Cake Recipe
Dessert

Authentic Black Forest Cake Recipe

Learn how to prepare Authentic Black Forest Cake Recipe with this simple recipe. Perfect for Dessert and ideal for Continental lovers....

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60 Min Prep

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200 Min Cook

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8 Servings

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Eggetarian

Ingredients

  • 1 cup All Purpose Flour (Maida)
  • 1 teaspoon Baking powder
  • 6 tablespoons Cocoa Powder
  • 1.5 cups Sugar
  • 100 grams Butter (unsalted)
  • 4 Whole Eggs - at room temperature
  • 3 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • 4 tablespoons Hung Curd (Greek Yogurt)
  • 500 grams Heavy whipping cream
  • 1/2 cup Icing Sugar - + 4 tablespoons more
  • 1/2 cup Cherry Compote
  • 1/2 cup Canned Cherries - if fresh available use fresh cherries
  • 250 grams Dark chocolate
  • 1/2 cup Chocolate Shavings
  • 2 tablespoons Dark Chocolate Chips
  • 2 tablespoons Chocolate chips - white chocolate
  • 1 cup Dark chocolate - or milk chocolate

Instructions

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Baking the Black Forest cake method takes separate time for culinary preparation a chocolate cake, making chocolate trees, frosting and assembling.Instruction for Chocolate cakeSift baking flour, baking dusting seasoning and cocoa dusting seasoning in a large and parched mixing container.
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Keep aside.In a separate mixing container, mix in granulated sugar and shortening and purée it with an electric blender till granulated sugar dissolves.
3
mix in one egg at a time and keep blending till it's creamy and creamy.
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Now stream in in some vanilla extract and give a speedy swirl around again.Take the parched ingredient swirl around and start adding into the wet ingredient swirl around gradually.
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mix in thick curd and fold in with a spatula to make a rinse and creamy paste (Do not beat or beat the paste).Preheat the oven at 180 degree C for 10-15 mins.
6
Meanwhile lubricate and dust a baking skillet and stream in in the paste.
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Tap the cake skillet on the counter to break and settle the air bubbles formed.
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Place the skillet inside the oven and toast it for 35-40 mins or till the toothpick inserted in the center comes out rinse.Transfer the cake on a wire rack and allow it to cool down completely.
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Once the cake is cool, carefully remove it from the skillet and cling wrap it.
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Keep the wrapped cake in a parched and cool place till you prepare the frosting.Instruction for Chocolate TreesOn an A4 size sheet, draw the sketch of a tree measuring the correct height required according to the cake.
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Take a shortening paper of a little larger/equal size and fix it over the sketch with a tape.mix in melted chocolate in a piping bag and cut off the tip to make a small opening.Now make chocolate tree stencil over the sketch.store in the fridge the shortening paper for almost an hour so that the tress become hard nicely.Instruction for FrostingIn a large mixing container, take heavy heavy cream/ whipping heavy cream and mix in icing granulated sugar to it.
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With and electric blender whip the heavy cream till soft peak appears.
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store in the fridge the whipped heavy cream for 10 mins.Meanwhile take the chocolate cake prepared, remove the cling foil.
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Take a sharp serrated knife and carve the cake horizontally into two half.
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If you are skilled, you can make three slices too like I did.Keep all the three slices separate.In a container, mix in 4 tablespoons of icing granulated sugar in half a cup of moisture and swirl around to make a nectarous solution.
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Brush the cake slices top with this nectarous solution generously.
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This will keep the cake soft from inside.
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Now carefully place the first carve on the turntable.Brush some cherry compote all over the top.
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With a rinse spatula spread some whipped heavy cream over the compote and spread cut up cherries over it.Place the second carve on top and repeat the same.Now place the final third carve on it and press gently with your palm.Now take whipped heavy cream generously and apply all over the cake to put a lid on it from top and sides.
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Do this till you get a creamy finish.mix in some whipped heavy cream in a disposable piping bag and make rosettes on the top border.dust chocolate shavings inside the rosette circle and place some cherries and white chocolate chips all over.Take out the chocolate tres from the fridge and place them on the sides by carefully pressing them with the heavy cream to attach properly.dust some chocolate chips on the bottom to put a lid on the gap between the tree roots.store in the fridge the cake for minimum 2 hours before serving.offer this tasty Black Forest Cake at your next party!.

Recipe Information

Cuisine
Continental
Course
Dessert
Diet
Eggetarian
Total Time
260 mins

Recipe Time chart

Preparation Time

60 mins

Cooking Time

200 mins

Total Time

260 mins
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