Black Forest Cake 黑森林蛋糕



I would said Black Forest cake is an old fashion and classic Birthday cake. When we were young, usually we had Black Forest cake for Birthday.
I made three Black Forest cakes in a row on last week, made for my niece and nephew who all Birthday falls in the same week and same month..I realized that most of my family members' Birthday is falls in month of August....Nowadays, i try to make Birthday cake for my family members..

I just found a good basic sponge cake recipe, check recipe here..

Thanks to Angie as she taught me first to using a knife to slit a bit of the cake then you can easily slice cake using cake leveler..

Also Thanks to Angie's tip to using normal quality of chocolate to make chocolate shavings, less cocoa content so it can withstand in normal room temperature..

spread a thin layer of melted chocolate on a non-stick paper

start to shave when chocolated started to firm up.

Start to decorate a Black Forest Cake...
you can either use canned pitted cherries or fresh cherries..

For Birthday girl, i frosted with rosette pattern but still black forest cake.



Ordinary Black Forest cake pattern for Birthday boys..

Black Forest Cake
(recipe source: by Sonia aka Nasi Lemak Lover)

1 basic cocoa sponge cake (7"), slice into 3 equal pieces, refer recipe here
1 can of pitted cherries or fresh cherries, to lay in between layers

For decorating the cake
Some fresh cherries
Chocolate rice
Chocolate shavings

200g non-dairy whipping cream, follow to this recipe to make whipped cream

Method
1. Place one piece of sponge cake on a cake disc (at a revolving decorating cake stand for easy frosting)
2. Spread evenly a layer of whipped cream, top with pitted cherries.
3. Continue to place second piece of sponge, spread evenly a layer of whipped cream, top with pitted cherries.
4. Top with last piece of sponge cake, frost the whole cake with whipped cream.
5. Decorate with fresh cherries, chocolate rice and chocolate shavings

Ready to ship to Birthday boy and girl..hehehe..