No Bake Black Forest Cake
From sm8085 12 years agoIngredients
- 10 ladyfingers/sponge cake cut into fingers, split in half/ one 9oz. chocolate wafer pack shopping list
- 1/3 cup evaporated milk shopping list
- 200 ml whipping cream shopping list
- 1 can black cherries in syrup (reserve the syrup) shopping list
- 1 envelope unflavored gelatin shopping list
- 2/3 cup strong coffee shopping list
- 3 packages (.75 ounces each) chocolate drink mix/200 gms (7 ounces) dark chocolate (chopped up into tiny bits) shopping list
- 60 ml cherry flavored liqueur/brandy/rum-optional shopping list
- cocoa powder to garnish shopping list
- a few sliced fresh cherries to garnish shopping list
How to make it
- In a small saucepan, bring the cream just to boil and immediately pour over chocolate. Let stand for a few minutes and then stir until smooth with the condensed milk.
- Heat the coffee to boiling in a small saucepan. Pour over the gelatin. Cover the container and wait till it dissolves. Mix into the chocolate cream and chill covered for 1 hour.
- Drain cherries, reserving syrup. Stir liquer into syrup.
- Take a 1.5 litres loaf tin and line with plastic wrap, leaving a generous overhang. Dip sponge fingers in the syrup mixture and place a layer of sponge finger in the pan, trimming to fit.
- Whisk chocolate by hand until slightly paler and spoon half into the loaf tin. Scatter cherries on top. spoon remaining chocolate mixture over.
- Place another layer of sponge fingers dipped in syrup mixture on top of the chocolate. Fold plastic overhang over cake. Freeze until very cold, at least 3 hours.
- To serve, fold back plastic wrap, unmould onto a plate. Peel away plastic wrap. Slice with a sharp knife.
- Garnish with cherries and dust with cocoa.
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