Black Forest Cake

Black forest cake is originally a German dessert literally "Black Forest cherry-torte".   It is a chocolate sponge cake with layers of light whipped cream and garnished with grated chocolate and cherries.  This recipe is the Indian egg-less version which I had from awhile ago which I tried.

Black Forest Cake

Ingredients:

For the cake:

Condensed Milk - 1 can

Powdered Sugar - 1& 1/2 cups

All purpose flour - 2 &1/2 cups

Melted butter - 1&1/2 cups

Cocoa powder - 1/2 cup

Baking powder - 1 tbsp

Coke - 1&1/2 tin

For the frosting:

Whipping cream - 12 oz

Powdered sugar - 6 oz

Chocolate grated - 

Simple syrup - 1 cup

Candied Cherries - a few

Method for Cake:

1.  Combine condensed milk, sugar, melted butter.

2.  Mix the all purpose flour, cocoa powder, baking powder in a bowl and add to milk, sugar & butter.

3.  Add the  coke and beat on low till there are no lumps.

4.  Bake in 2 cake pans at 400F for about 20 minutes till toothpick comes out clean.

5.  Level the cake and let it cool.

Method for Frosting: 

1. Beat the whipping cream and sugar with a hand whisk or kitchen-aid mixer whisk attachment till it form peak.

2. To make simple syrup add 1/3 cup sugar and 2/3 cup water and boil.  As soon as sugar melts turn off the heat and cool it.

Assembly:
1.  Drizzle the simple syrup on the cake.

2. Spread whipping cream like sandwich on the two sheets of cake.

3.  Using a star nozzle put the whipping cream on the top of the cake.

4.  Sprinkle with grated chocolate.

5.  Decorate with candied cherries.