My first bake for 2008. Thanks to K, I have a chance to put into practice what I have learnt - a Black Forest cake. She has ordered this for her son's birthday.The only thing that is missing here are the red cherries with stalks. According to the salesgirl from the bakeshop I went to, they have run out of stocks. She recommended a can of cherry apples. I was so disappointed with what I found when I opened the can. Instead of red coloured cherry apples that were pictured outside the can, all of them were yellow in colour. Thank God, I'd still managed to find a box of fresh strawberries in my fridge. So I made do with these.
This Black Forest cake consists of 2 slices of extra soft chocolate sponge. In between the 2 sponge slices is a generous spread of dark cherries jam and chocolate fresh cream. The whole cake is covered with non-dairy fresh cream, dark chocolate flakes and weighs 1.5 kg approximately. Email: playkeen@gmail.com.
Ingredients for sponge cake
Method
Ingredients for sponge cake
- 420 g sifted cake flour
- 420 g unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 tsp. cornstarch
- 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. baking soda
- 4 large eggs separated
- 600g fine sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
Method
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Grease and line a 9 inch round cake tin.
- Mix together flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Beat together egg yolks, 150 g sugar, and vanilla at medium speed until thick and pale. Sift flour mixture over yolk mixture. Fold in flour mixture.
- Beat egg whites at high speed until soft peaks form. Slowly beat in remaining sugar until stiff peaks form. Gently fold in yolk mixture. Scrape batter into prepared baking tin.
- Bake cake for 20 mins until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Transfer baking tin to a wire rack to cool for 10 mins. Turn cake out onto rack to cool completely.
- Slice cake into 2 layers and spread cherries jam filling in between the slices.
- Whip fresh cream until fluffy. Cover the top and sides of the cake with the whipped cream and decorate according to your liking (grated chocolate and fresh strawberries).
