Amazing Black Forest Cake Recipe

By Preppy Kitchen · 120 min

Ingredients

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease two 8-inch round pans, line the bases with parchment.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
3. In a medium bowl, whisk the cocoa and espresso powder with the boiling water until smooth. Whisk in the milk, sour cream and oil, then the eggs and vanilla.
4. Pour the cocoa mixture into the dry ingredients and whisk until smooth; the batter will be runny. Divide between the pans.
5. Bake for 30–35 minutes, until the cake springs back when pressed and the sides pull away from the pan.
6. Cool in the pans on a wire rack for 20 minutes, then invert onto the rack, parchment side down, and cool completely.
7. Put the cherries, sugar and kirsch in a bowl, stir, cover and macerate for 30–60 minutes, stirring occasionally. Drain the syrup, adding cold water or kirsch to make 160 ml if needed.
8. Beat the cold cream and powdered sugar on medium speed until it starts to thicken (about 1 minute), then on medium-high until soft peaks form (about 2 minutes).
9. Drizzle in the kirsch and beat for 30 seconds to 1 minute until stiff peaks form. Reserve 1 cup of cream in a piping bag with a closed star tip and refrigerate.
10. Remove the parchment and cut each layer in half horizontally to make four thin layers. Set aside one bottom half as the top layer.
11. Place a bottom half cut-side up on a plate, brush with 3–4 tablespoons of syrup, spread about ¾ cup of cream and arrange a third of the cherries on top. Repeat with the next two layers.
12. Place the reserved layer cut-side down, pressing gently until level.
13. Spread the remaining cream over the top and sides in an even layer. Decorate with chocolate curls or sprinkles if desired; for a drip, chill 30 minutes, then pipe ganache around the top edge.
14. Pipe the reserved cream on top, garnish with fresh cherries and keep refrigerated until serving.

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