One Of The Best Black Forest Cake Recipes Ever

Here’s one of my favorite black forest cake recipes. There’s nothing like a slice of this delicious German pastry to make your taste buds tingle. Chocolate, cherries and whipped cream? Heaven!

Ingredients:

• 2 1/8 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 2 cups white sugar
• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 3 eggs

Black Forest Cake Baking Steps:

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
2. Combine your flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, sugar salt, beaten eggs, milk oil and vanilla and mix thoroughly.
3. Pour the batter equally into two round 9 inch non-stick baking pans and bake for 35 minutes or until your cakes pass the “toothpick test”
4. Cool the cakes completely before adding the toppings.

Cake Topping Ingredients:

• 2 cans pitted sour cherries (20 ounces)
• 3 cups heavy whipping cream
• 1/3 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Cake Topping Instructions:

1. Drain your cherries and save half a cup of the cherry juice to use as the base for your toppings.
2. Add the half cup of juice, cherries, sugar, vanilla and cornstarch to a small saucepan and cook over a low heat until the mixture thickens. Remove the pan from the fire and allow the mixture to cool completely before use.
3. In a medium bowl, combine your whipping cream and confectioner's sugar and beat thoroughly until stiff peaks form.

Follow the video below to finish decorating your cake.

Tip: Use your whipped cream in place of the chocolate ganache on the sides of the cake.