🍒🍫 BLACK FOREST CAKE 🍫🍒

Soft Chocolate Layers, Cherry Filling & Whipped Cream Frosting

A rich and classic Black Forest Cake made with moist chocolate sponge, sweet cherry filling, fluffy whipped cream, and beautiful chocolate shavings. Perfect for birthdays, celebrations, and special dessert tables.

🍰 Cake Ingredients

• All-purpose flour – 3 cups / 375g
• Granulated sugar – 2½ cups / 500g
• Unsweetened cocoa powder – 1 cup / 90g
• Baking powder – 2½ teaspoons
• Baking soda – 2 teaspoons
• Salt – 1 teaspoon
• Eggs – 6 large
• Vegetable oil – 1¼ cups / 300ml
• Buttermilk – 1½ cups / 360ml
• Hot coffee or hot water – 1½ cups / 360ml
• Vanilla extract – 2 teaspoons

👩‍🍳 Chocolate Cake Preparation

1. Preheat your oven to 170°C. Grease and line three 8-inch cake pans.
2. In a large bowl, mix together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar.
3. In another bowl, whisk eggs, vegetable oil, buttermilk, and vanilla extract until well combined.
4. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until smooth.
5. Slowly stir in the hot coffee or hot water. The batter will be thin, and that is normal.
6. Divide the batter evenly into the prepared cake pans.
7. Bake for 30–35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
8. Allow the cakes to cool completely before assembling.

🍒 Cherry Filling

Ingredients

• Pitted cherries – 3 cups / 450g
• Sugar – ½ cup / 100g
• Cornstarch – 2 tablespoons
• Water – ¼ cup / 60ml
• Cherry syrup or cherry juice – ¼ cup / 60ml

Preparation

1. In a saucepan, cook cherries, sugar, water, and cherry juice over medium heat.
2. Mix cornstarch with a little water, then add it to the cherry mixture.
3. Cook until the filling becomes thick, glossy, and rich.
4. Let it cool completely before using.

🤍 Whipped Cream Frosting

Ingredients

• Cold whipping cream – 4 cups / 960ml
• Powdered sugar – 1 cup / 120g
• Vanilla extract – 2 teaspoons

Preparation

1. Whip the cold cream until soft peaks form.
2. Add powdered sugar and vanilla extract.
3. Continue whipping until stiff peaks form.
4. Keep chilled until ready to use.

🍫 Chocolate Shavings

Optional Decoration

• Dark chocolate – 200g

Grate or shave the chocolate using a vegetable peeler and set aside for decoration.

🎂 Cake Assembly

1. Place the first chocolate cake layer on a cake board.
2. Brush lightly with cherry syrup if desired.
3. Spread a layer of whipped cream, then add cherry filling.
4. Place the second cake layer on top and repeat the same process.
5. Add the third cake layer and frost the whole cake with whipped cream.
6. Decorate with chocolate shavings and cherries.
7. Chill before slicing for a cleaner and more beautiful cake cut.

✨ Final Touch

Top with fresh cherries, chocolate curls, and extra whipped cream swirls for a bakery-style Black Forest Cake look.

🍒 Rich. Creamy. Chocolaty. Perfectly Delicious!