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black forest cake

mahend65 avatar
Recipe by
mary hendricks
@mahend65
conyers, GA

Growing up we had a fantastic German bakery in town. I loved his black forest cakes! No other like it. He passed away and they sold. They did not sell their fathers recipes ..boo! So the Hoffers black forest cake was no more and I had to try and fake it! I mean seriously these were my favorite! THe whipped cream icing mmmm and the French chocolate butter cream is almost moose like! So good and will impress

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prep time 1 Hr 40 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For black forest cake

  • 1
    recipe grandmas best chocolate cake
  • 1
    recipe buttermilk white velvet cake
  • 1
    recipe whipped cream frosting
  • 1
    recipe chocolate french butter cream
  • 1 can
    dark sour cherry filling ( sub any cherry filling)
  • 1
    bar of chocolate shaved
  • maraschino cherries for garnish

How To Make black forest cake

  • 1
    Bake cakes as directed .. You will need 3 layers of white ( I half 2 cakes. There will be an extra half slicing) 2 layers of chocolate cake
  • 2
    build the cake. Bottom up White cake cover in whipped cream icing Chocolate cake . pipe a ring of the chocolate French butter cream around the edge of the cake ..making a well for the cherries. This just keeps them from squishing out the side. Once ring is piped spoon cherry filling in and spread around not to thick Spread chocolate French butter cream on top of cherries White cake whipped cream Chocolate cake .. Pipe rind fill with cherries spread chocolate French cream on top White cake whipped cream all the way around Hint. You want a good layer of the chocolate butter cream! Its only in the center so use it up on those two layers! Ice entire cake with whipped cream Sprinkle chocolate shavings on and place cherries on top ..
  • 3
    Refrigerator Make sure cake stand is tall enough to house cake lol I learned the hard way mine wasn't tall enough
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