Black Forest Cake
Ingredients :
- Refined flour – 60 gms
- Cocoa powder – 60 gms
- Baking powder – ¼ tsp
- Soda bi-carb – a pinch
- Sugar – 120 gms
- Eggs – 4
- Melted butter – 120 gms
- Vanilla essence – 2 drops
For decoration:
- Whipped cream – 200 gms
- Grated chocolate – 15 gms
- Walnuts or broken cashew nuts
- or cherries – 50 gms.
Method :
Line and grease two 175 mm
diameter cake tins.
Sift flour, cocoa, soda bicarb
and baking powder together twice.
Beat eggs and sugar over hot
water till thick like custard sauce. Add vanilla essence.
Fold in lightly the sieved flour
and melted butter, adding a little water to get pouring consistency.
Put the mixture in the tins and
bake at 400º F for about 20 minutes.
Cool and sandwich together with
the fresh cream and put a thick layer of cream on top.
Finish off the decoration with
chopped nuts on the sides and grated chocolate on top.