black forest cake recipe | easy eggless black forest cake recipe
easy black forest cake recipe | easy eggless black forest cake recipe
Ingredients
for chocolate cake: ( double the ingredients to prepare 2 cakes for 4 layer black forest cake)
- 1 cup powdered sugar / icing sugar
- ¾ cup unsalted butter at room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla extract / vanilla essence
- 1¼ - 1½ cup buttermilk or 1½ cup warm milk + 1 tsp vinegar
- 1½ cups maida / plain flour / all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- pinch of salt
for cherry syrup:
- ¼ cup cherry
- ½ cup water
- 1 tbsp sugar
for frosting:
- 2 cups thickened cream 35% milk fat
- ¼ cup powdered sugar / icing sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract / vanilla essence
for cake decoration:
- 1 bar dark chocolate for curls
- 9 cherry
Instructions
- firstly, in a take powdered sugar and butter. beat till the mixture turns smooth and fluffy.
- further add vanilla extract and buttermilk. combine well.
- now sieve maida, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and pinch of salt.
- then cut and fold gently till the smooth dropping consistency batter formed.
- bake the cake at 180 degree celsius for 30 minutes.
- finally, cool down the cake completely and cut into 2 equal half.
- now place 1st layer and top with cherry syrup, frosting and cherries.
- repeat for 2, 3 and 4th layer.
- start spreading frosting over the sides of cake carefully.
- place chocolate curls in the centre and stick on sides.
- furthermore, decorate cake and place cherries in the centre.
- finally, black forest cake is ready to cut and serve.