Black Forest Cake
Ingredients:
2 cups flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 1/4 cups milk
1/2 cup butter
1 1/2 teaspoon soda
2 eggs
1/2 cup cocoa
1/2 teaspoon red food coloring
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 can (21 oz.) cherry pie filling, chilled.
2 T powdered sugar
1 c heavy cream, whipped
12 maraschino cherries
Cooking:
- Cream butter and sugar together.
- Add eggs, flour, milk, baking soda, cocoa, red food coloring, and vanilla.
- Blend on low, scraping constantly.
- Beat 3 minutes on high speed.
- Pour into two 9 inch round cake pans that have been greased and floured.
- Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes.
- Cool thoroughly.
Frosting
- Whip heavy cream with confectioners' sugar.
- Slice each cake round horizontally to make four layers.
- Place one layer on flat plate.
- Fill pastry bag with whipped cream and pipe a generous ring around edge of cake layer.
- Fill exposed ring of cake with cherry pie filling.
- Place third layer on top, and frost entire cake with whipped cream.
- Crumble the fourth layer into fine crumbs and sprinkle on sides of cake.
- Using whipped cream, pipe 12 rosettes on top of cake and top each with a maraschino cherry.
- Garnish the center top of cake with the rest of the chocolate crumbs
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