Holly's Black Forest Cake recipe

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Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 ¾ cups white sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
¾ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
1 ⅓ cups water
½ cup shortening
2 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
2 eggs
3 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate, melted
⅓ cup butter
4 ½ cups sifted confectioners' sugar
¼ cup milk
½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 (16.5 ounce) can pitted dark sweet cherries, drained with juice reserved
1 tablespoon cornstarch
6 teaspoons orange liqueur

Nutrition Info

585.7 calories
carbohydrate: 103.6 g
cholesterol: 45 mg
fat: 19 g
fiber: 3.5 g
protein: 5.4 g
saturatedFat: 8.3 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 222.6 mg
sugar: 81.6 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour 2- 8 or 9 inch round cake pans.

  2. In a medium sized bowl combine flour, white sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add water, shortening, and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat with an electric mixer on low to medium speed until combined. Then beat on high speed for 2 minutes. Add eggs and melted chocolate and beat 2 minutes more. Pour batter into prepared pans.

  3. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes. Cool cakes on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove cakes from pans and let cool thoroughly on a wire rack.

  4. To Make Frosting: Beat butter until fluffy. Gradually add 2 cups of confectioner's sugar and the cocoa. Beat well than add the milk, and 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract. Beat in the remaining confectioner's sugar and any additional milk as needed for spreadability.

  5. To Make Filling: Drain cherries reserving 2/3 cup of the liquid. In a medium sauce pan combine reserved liquid and cornstarch, add fruit. Cook over medium heat and stir until thickened and bubbly. Cook and stir for more 2 minutes and then stir in the orange or cherry liqueur. Remove from heat cover and cool without stirring.

  6. Arrange one cake layer on a serving dish and spread the cooled cherry filling over the top (reserve some cherries for a garnish for top of cake). Place second layer on top filling and frost sides and top of cake with frosting.

Recipe Yield

1 - 8 or 9 inch layer cake

Recipe Note

This is a recipe that is simple to make and always makes people at parties rave. Garnish with dollops of whipped cream and reserved cherries.

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