Black Forest Cake

Black Forest Cake

The dessert is named not directly after the Black Forest (Schwarzwald) mountain range in southwestern Germany but rather from the specialty liquor of that region, known as Schwarzwälder Kirsch(wasser) and distilled from tart cherries.

Black Forest cake consists of layers of chocolate sponge cake sandwiched with whipped cream and cherries. It is decorated with additional whipped cream, maraschino cherries, and chocolate shavings.

Sometimes rum is also used in these cakes in Europe. In India, Black Forest cake is generally prepared without alcohol.

Preparation - 35 min Baking - 60 min

Ingredients

1 tin (400g)-NESTLÉ MILKMAID Sweetened Condensed Milk

1 tsp-Vanilla Essence

1 tsp-Soda Bicarbonate

1 tsp-Baking Powder

3-4 heaped tbsp (25g)-Cocoa Powder

175g (1¾ cup)-Maida (Flour)

100g-Butter

50g-Milk Chocolate

200ml-Aerated Soda

200g-Fresh Cream

1 small tin-Tinned Cherries

2 tsp-Icing Sugar / Powdered Sugar

How to make

Grease an 8” diameter baking tin and dust it with flour. Pre heat the oven to 1800 C. Sieve together maida, cocoa powder, baking powder and soda bicarbonate. Soften butter (DO NOT MELT), add NESTLÉ MILKMAID Sweetened Condensed Milk and beat well. Add the vanilla essence.

Add maida mixture and aerated soda alternately to the batter till all the maida and soda are used up. Pour the batter into the baking tin and bake in the preheated oven for 45-50 minutes or till the tooth pick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Remove from oven, cool for a while. Loosen sides of cake, using a knife if necessary.

Turnout over a wire rack or plate and cool slightly before cutting horizontally into 2.

Drain & destone cherries, soak both cake halves with cherry syrup. Whip cream and sugar till light and fluffy, Sandwich the two layers of cake with whipped cream and chopped cherries.

Top with whipped cream and cherries, sprinkle generously with grated chocolate. Chill and serve.