Black Forest Gateaux
From jo_jo_ba 16 years ago
- 40 minutes to make
- Serves 12
Wonderful chocolate layer cake which is soaked in Kirsch liqueur, with cherry filling. Very rich, but for best results use full-fat sour cream and real unsalted butter, it makes a difference!
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour shopping list
- ¾ cup cake flour shopping list
- 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted shopping list
- ½ tablespoon baking soda shopping list
- 1 teaspoon salt shopping list
- ½ cup butter shopping list
- 1 cup sugar shopping list
- 2 eggs shopping list
- 1 teaspoon vanilla shopping list
- 1 teaspoon brewed espresso shopping list
- 1 cup buttermilk shopping list
- ½ cup sour cream shopping list
- ¼ cup kirsch shopping list
- ½ cup butter shopping list
- 2 ½ cups powdered sugar shopping list
- 3 cups pitted and halved sour cherries shopping list
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream shopping list
- 1 tablespoon powdered sugar shopping list
- 2 teaspoons nonfat dry milk shopping list
- 1 tablespoon kirsch shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 350F. Grease and dust two 8 inch round pans with cooca powder.
- Sift together flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
- Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in eggs, vanilla and espresso.
- Separately blend buttermilk and sour cream together until well combined.
- Beat flour mixture, alternating with buttermilk and sour cream, into the creamed mixture until combined.
- Bake 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.
- Cool completely.
- Cut each layer in half, horizontally, making 4 layers total.
- Brush layers with the ¼ cup kirsch.
- In a medium bowl, cream the butter until light and fluffy.
- Add sugar; beat until smooth.
- If the consistency is too thick, add a couple teaspoons milk.
- Spread first layer of cake with 1/3 of the filling, topping with 1/3 of the cherries. Repeat with the remaining layers.
- In a separate bowl, whip the cream to stiff peaks. Beat in sugar, dry milk and kirsch.
- Frost top and sides of cake.
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Reviewed by 2 people-
Im in chocolate heaven...Mmmmmmmmmmm
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