American Cakes – Black Forest Cake

American Cakes – Black Forest Cake is a hor d'oeuvre that serves 16. One portion of this dish contains about 7g of protein, 39g of fat, and a total of 502 calories. For $1.38 per serving, this recipe covers 8% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of all purpose flour, baking powder, maraschino cherries, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. 101 person were glad they tried this recipe. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for valentin day. It is brought to you by Tori Avey. Plenty of people really liked this European dish. It is a good option if you're following a lacto ovo vegetarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes. Taking all factors into account, this recipe earns a spoonacular score of 26%, which is not so great. Try eggless black forest cake , how to make black forest cake, Molten Black Forest Cakes, and Black Forest Upside-down Cakes for similar recipes.

Servings: 16

 

Ingredients:

2 1/2 cups all purpose flour

2 tsp baking powder

1 cup butter

1 lb bottled or canned pitted sour cherries - Morello or Montmorency cherries, or poached and pitted fresh cherries

1/4 cup cherry juice or dry red wine or any combination

2 eggs

3 cups heavy whipping cream

1/2 cup kirsch

8 to 12 glace cherries or drained maraschino cherries (optional)

12 oz mascarpone cheese

1 cup milk

1/2 tsp salt

4-6 tbsp sugar (more or less to taste)

1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1 tsp vanilla

2 tsp vanilla extract

1 cup boiling water

Equipment:

sauce pan

baking paper

mixing bowl

stand mixer

wax paper

oven

toothpicks

knife

bowl

pastry bag

Cooking instruction summary:

To prepare the cherries: In a small saucepan, stir the cherry juice and sugar over medium-low heat until the sugar dissolves. Stop stirring, increase the heat to medium-high, and bring to a boil. Boil for 1 minute. Remove from the heat and pour over the cherries. Stir in the kirsch and let macerate at room temperature, stirring occasionally, for at least 4 hours. Drain, reserving the soaking liquid.Position a rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 350F (325F for a convection oven). Grease three 9-inch springform or other round cake pans, line with parchment paper or wax paper, grease again, and dust with flour.In a large mixing bowl, or the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time.Sift together the cocoa powder, flour, baking powder and salt. Alternately add the dry ingredients, the milk and vanilla into the butter and sugar mixture, starting and ending with the dry ingredients. Mix until just incorporated.Add the boiling water and beat for one minute. The mixture will look shiny, loose and well combined.Divide the batter equally between the prepared pans, tilting to level the surface. Bake until the cake springs back when lightly touched and a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Let cool in the pans for 10 minutes, then loosen the edges with a sharp knife and invert onto wire racks. Remove the paper, invert the cake, and let cool completely, at least 1 hour. To make the whipped cream: In the bowl of stand mixer, whip the cream to soft peaks. Add sugar and vanilla extract. Gently mix in mascarpone until well combined. To assemble: Place a cake layer on a serving platter. Generously brush or sprinkle with the cherry soaking liquid. Spread with one-fourth of the whipped cream.Then arrange half of the marinated cherries in the whipped cream. Sprinkle a second cake layer with about 1 tablespoon soaking liquid, carefully invert over the bottom layer, and sprinkle the top with about 1 tablespoon soaking liquid. Spread with one-third of the remaining whipped cream and arrange the remaining marinated cherries over top. Sprinkle the remaining cake layer with about 1 tablespoon soaking liquid, invert over the cake, and sprinkle the top with about 1 tablespoon soaking liquid. Frost the top of the cake with a thinner layer of whipped cream.Frost the sides of the cake.Spoon any remaining whipped cream into a pastry bag fitted with a large star tip and pipe rosettes around the top edge of the cake or drop dollops of the cream with a spoon. If using, top each rosette with a glace cherry. Sprinkle the top of the cake with the chocolate shavings, if desired. This cake is best served on the day it is assembled.

 

Step by step:


1. To prepare the cherries: In a small saucepan, stir the cherry juice and sugar over medium-low heat until the sugar dissolves. Stop stirring, increase the heat to medium-high, and bring to a boil. Boil for 1 minute.

2. Remove from the heat and pour over the cherries. Stir in the kirsch and let macerate at room temperature, stirring occasionally, for at least 4 hours.

3. Drain, reserving the soaking liquid.Position a rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 350F (325F for a convection oven). Grease three 9-inch springform or other round cake pans, line with parchment paper or wax paper, grease again, and dust with flour.In a large mixing bowl, or the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

4. Add the eggs one at a time.Sift together the cocoa powder, flour, baking powder and salt. Alternately add the dry ingredients, the milk and vanilla into the butter and sugar mixture, starting and ending with the dry ingredients.

5. Mix until just incorporated.

6. Add the boiling water and beat for one minute. The mixture will look shiny, loose and well combined.Divide the batter equally between the prepared pans, tilting to level the surface.

7. Bake until the cake springs back when lightly touched and a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 20 minutes.

8. Let cool in the pans for 10 minutes, then loosen the edges with a sharp knife and invert onto wire racks.

9. Remove the paper, invert the cake, and let cool completely, at least 1 hour. To make the whipped cream: In the bowl of stand mixer, whip the cream to soft peaks.


Add sugar and vanilla extract. Gently mix in mascarpone until well combined. To assemble

1. Place a cake layer on a serving platter. Generously brush or sprinkle with the cherry soaking liquid.

2. Spread with one-fourth of the whipped cream.Then arrange half of the marinated cherries in the whipped cream. Sprinkle a second cake layer with about 1 tablespoon soaking liquid, carefully invert over the bottom layer, and sprinkle the top with about 1 tablespoon soaking liquid.

3. Spread with one-third of the remaining whipped cream and arrange the remaining marinated cherries over top. Sprinkle the remaining cake layer with about 1 tablespoon soaking liquid, invert over the cake, and sprinkle the top with about 1 tablespoon soaking liquid. Frost the top of the cake with a thinner layer of whipped cream.Frost the sides of the cake.Spoon any remaining whipped cream into a pastry bag fitted with a large star tip and pipe rosettes around the top edge of the cake or drop dollops of the cream with a spoon. If using, top each rosette with a glace cherry. Sprinkle the top of the cake with the chocolate shavings, if desired. This cake is best served on the day it is assembled.


Nutrition Information:

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501k Calories
6g Protein
39g Total Fat
28g Carbs
2% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
501k
25%

Fat
39g
60%

  Saturated Fat
24g
151%

Carbohydrates
28g
9%

  Sugar
9g
10%

Cholesterol
134mg
45%

Sodium
219mg
10%

Alcohol
2g
15%

Caffeine
6mg
2%

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Protein
6g
13%

Vitamin A
1381IU
28%

Phosphorus
144mg
14%

Selenium
9µg
14%

Manganese
0.27mg
13%

Vitamin B2
0.22mg
13%

Vitamin B1
0.18mg
12%

Calcium
121mg
12%

Folate
43µg
11%

Iron
1mg
9%

Fiber
2g
8%

Copper
0.17mg
8%

Potassium
260mg
7%

Magnesium
26mg
7%

Vitamin B3
1mg
7%

Vitamin E
0.91mg
6%

Vitamin D
0.83µg
6%

Vitamin B5
0.42mg
4%

Zinc
0.6mg
4%

Vitamin B12
0.22µg
4%

Vitamin K
3µg
3%

Vitamin C
2mg
3%

Vitamin B6
0.05mg
3%

covered percent of daily need
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