International Recipes

Schwarzwalderkirschtorte
(Black Forest Cake)

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Ingredients

Cake

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
  • 1 1/4 cups milk
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup cocoa
  • 1/2 teaspoon red food coloring
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Filling

  • 1 (21 ounce) can cherry pie filling, chilled

Frosting

  • 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
  • 1 cup heavy cream, whipped
  • 12 maraschino cherries

Instructions

  1. Cream butter and sugar together.
  2. Add eggs, flour, milk, baking soda, cocoa, red food coloring and vanilla extract. Blend on low, scraping constantly.
  3. Beat for 3 minutes on high speed.
  4. Pour into two 9 inch round cake pans that have been greased and floured*.
  5. Bake at 350 degrees F for 30 to 35 minutes. Cool thoroughly.
  6. Whip heavy cream with confectioners' sugar.
  7. Slice each cake round horizontally to make four layers. Place one layer on flat plate. Fill pastry bag with whipped cream and pipe a generous ring around edge of cake layer. Fill exposed ring of cake with cherry pie filling. Place third layer on top, and frost entire cake with whipped cream.
  8. Crumble the fourth layer into fine crumbs and sprinkle on sides of cake.
  9. Using whipped cream, pipe 12 rosettes on top of cake and top each with a maraschino cherry.
  10. Garnish the center top of cake with the rest of the chocolate crumbs.

Attribution

Posted by LladyRusty at Recipe Goldmine 1/14/2002 4:12 pm.



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