Traditional Black Forest Cake

Name: Traditional Black Forest Cake
Yield: 0
Ingredients: 2 egg yolks; 50 g water; 50 g oil; 1/2 tsp vanilla; 1 TBsp pure cocoa powder; 50 g Optima flour; 50 g plain flour; 1/8 tsp soda.; 2 egg whites; 1/8 tsp cream of tartar; 50 g sugar; 1 can pitted cherry in syrup.; 3 TBsp cornflour; Some lemon juice and sugar; 500 ml cream; 1 tsp vanilla; 1 TBsp icing sugar

25 January 2017

My version of blackforest cake. My childhood favourite. My heirloom recipe. My many happy memories. Sharing the recipe here in case someone wants to try.

Recipe

Traditional Black Forest Cake

Prep: 0 min
Cook: 0 min
Total: 0 min
Serves: 0

Ingredients

Egg Yolk Mixture (Beat together):

2egg yolks
50 gwater
50 goil
1/2 tspvanilla
1 TBsppure cocoa powder
50 gOptima flour
50 gplain flour
1/8 tspsoda.

Meringue

2egg whites
1/8 tspcream of tartar
50 gsugar

Filling (cook until thickened)

1can pitted cherry in syrup.
3 TBspcornflour
Some lemon juice and sugar

Topping

500 mlcream
1 tspvanilla
1 TBspicing sugar

Method

01
Fold in both mixtures.
02
Bake in 7 inch round pan.
03
180°C about 35 min.
04
Cool completely.
05
Slice into 3 slices.
06
Mix all ingredients for filing and cook till thickened.
07
Stir in 1 tsp brandy.
Assemble cake
08
Put cream on first slice.
09
Put 1/2 of the cherry filling on cream.
10
Do the same for second slice.
11
Put only cream on third slice.
12
Decorate with choc and cherries.
13
Usually people use those preserved cherries but we prefer fresh ones. It's up to you.
14
Fridge overnight for flavour to meld.
15
Enjoy!

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