Black Forest Cake Icing Recipe

Black forest cake is traditionally made with a chocolate sponge cake and a rich cherry filling.

Black forest cake icing recipe.

The best black forest cake recipe i ve tried and i ve tried a lot. This black forest cake combines rich chocolate cake layers with fresh cherries cherry liqueur and a simple whipped cream frosting. I heard you and re baked the cake. Our recipe stabilizes the whipped cream with cornstarch which ensures the cake can last for up to three days in the fridge without getting soggy.

Chopped walnuts powdered sugar ground allspice frosting pillsbury best all purpose flour and 15 more black forest skillet cake mccormick cherry pie filling cake mix mccormick pure vanilla extract and 4 more. To simplify this recipe we used a boxed cake mix. The traditional version covers the sides with whipped cream and chocolate shavings but 1 chocolate shavings just aren t worth the hassle for me 2 i like the look of a naked cake where i can see the alternating layers of frosting and cherry filling and 3 i don t remember aunt becky frosting the sides of her black forest cake. The cake baked up beautifully the cherries were perfect and the whole thing just came together wonderfully.

The only change i made and i heartily recommend it is that i made a syrup out of 1 2 cup reserved cherry juice 1 2 cup sugar and 1 4 cup kirsch cherry liqueur. Several of you mentioned your cakes did not rise as much as mine. Perfect icing recipe for the carrot cake i made. The only thing i modified was using confectioner sugar instead of granulated as the recipe suggested.

Black forest cake is traditionally made with sponge cake and that means it s a non yeasted cake using beaten eggs as a leavening agent. Line a mini cupcake pan with 36 mini liners. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees f. Black forest cake is traditionally frosted with whipped cream which means you have to eat it right away to prevent the frosting from deflating and sliding off.

In a heavy duty mixing bowl mix together all the dry ingredients. After some testing i noticed the best results when increasing the mixing time to 8 minutes rather than 5 and using 4 tbsp butter rather than 8. I also don t bother frosting the sides of this cake. Black forest cake was a staple when i was growing up much to my dismay read on.