Black Forest Cake

Black forest cake is very easy & elegant to prepare at home..... Usually friends & family rave black forest for parties. ..kids too love the taste...its so soft & spongy cake.... Actually I prepared for my hubby's b'day...😊😊

Ingredients:

For chocolate sponge:

All purpose flour/ Maida-  1cup

Unsweetened cocoa powder- 1/2cup

Sugar- 3/4cup

Milk- 3/4cup

Eggs- 3

Cooking oil- 1/4cup

Baking powder- 1tsp

Baking soda-1/2tsp

For Whipping Cream:

Heavy whipping cream- 1cup

Icing sugar- 1/4cup

Vanilla essence- 1tsp

For garnishing:

Chocolate shavings/bits

Color balls

Red cherries  

        Method for chocolate sponge:

• First combine the dry ingredients,  maida with cocoa powder, baking soda & powder....Mix well...
  
• Take a separate bowl, add sugar....3eggs....milk & oil  into it....mix well until sugar dissolves..
  
• Beat well.....till the mixture dissolves..
  
• Now mix the dry ingredients into wet ingredients.......mix well.....
  
• Grease the cake tray with oil & dust with little amount of flour..
• Preheat the oven at 150 deg C....
• Pour the cake batter into tray & bake for 30mins......insert toothpick & check the stick come out clean....
  
  
  
• After cake is baked, remove it on to cooling rack...       

  Method for Whipping cream:

  •  Take a mixing bowl...add whipping cream, icing sugar & vanilla essence...
  • Beat until cream gets thicken..(using handmixer)
    

    Cake Assembling:

    • After the cake cools down....remove the top crust...
    • Then cut the chocolate cake into 2 layers...
      
    • Apply a layer of whipping cream & spread i evenly...
    • Now place another chocolate cake & spread one more layer of whipping cream....and apply all over the cake....
      
    • Put the chocolate shavings on the top of cake & Garnish with cherries...