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Black Forest Cherry layer cake Recipe

Ingredients

How to make it

  • CAKE:
  • Need two 9-inch round cake pans.
  • In a bowl,combine flour, baking powder and salt.
  • In double boiler or microwave, melt chocolate over low heat.
  • Cool.
  • In another mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
  • Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each addition.
  • Add melted chocolate and gradually add the flour mixture.
  • Add almond extract.
  • Pour batter into greased and floured pans.
  • Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 30-35 minutes, or until
  • a cake tester comes out clean.
  • Cool in pan 5 minutes,then on a wire rack.
  • Cut each layer horizontally, to make four layers.
  • FILLING AND TOPPING:
  • Need a pastry bag with a star tube.
  • In a mixing bowl, beat cream until stiff.
  • Gradually add confectioners' sugar.
  • Sprinkle 1/3 kirsch on a layer of the cake.
  • Cover with whipped cream and add 1/3 of the drained cherries.
  • Place a second layer on top and repeat.
  • Then a third.
  • Top the cake with a fourth layer.
  • Spread 2/3 of the remaining whipped cream on the top and sides of the cake.
  • Place last amount of whipped cream in a pastry bag and pipe
  • rosettes of whipped cream around the top edge.
  • Top rosettes with stemmed cherries and garnish top center
  • and sides with chocolate curls (made by shaving a chocolate bar with a vegetable peeler).

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    " It was excellent "
    leonora5 ate it and said...
    Hmmmm so stunning.
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    " It was excellent "
    bostyn ate it and said...
    I feel chubbier just reading the recipe! Great post!!
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