Black Forest Cake

Riska Mustika

Ingredients

  • Cake
  • 1 cup (85 gram) cocoa powder
  • 2 cup (227 gram) plain flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 cup (397 gram) sugar (me:300 gram)
  • 4 egg, at room temperature
  • 2 cup (250 ml) buttermilk
  • 2/3 cup (135 ml) vegetable oil
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • Filling
  • 150 gram black Cherry
  • 100 gram sugar
  • 150 ml water
  • 1 tbsp corn starch
  • Frosting
  • 300 ml whipping cream

Directions

  • Filling: place Cherry and sugar in saucepan, cover with water. Boil it then add corn starch, stir until combine well.
  • Cake: preheat oven to 350F. Grease round cake pan (i used cake pan with 18 cm diameter)
  • Combine flour, cocoa, salt, baking powder, and baking soda
  • In separated bowl, mix butter milk, oil and vanilla. Gradually beat wet ingredients to dry ingredients.
  • Add eggs at one time beating until well blended. Pour the batter to prepared pan. Bake for 49-50 minutes
  • Whip the cream, slowly add sugar. Whip until stiff peak form
  • Assamble the cake: divided cake into two layer horizontally. Place first layer on cake board or plate.spread whip cream and spread filling on top of cream
  • Put second layer, coat sides and top of cake with remaining cream. Decorate as you desired. Refrigerate cake before serve it.