Recipe : Black Forest Cake

Ingredients :

• Refined flour – 60 gms

• Cocoa powder – 60 gms

• Baking powder – ¼ tsp

• Soda bi-carb – a pinch

• Sugar – 120 gms

• Eggs – 4

• Melted butter – 120 gms

• Vanilla essence – 2 drops

• For decoration:

• Whipped cream – 200 gms

• Grated chocolate – 15 gms

• Walnuts or broken cashew nuts or cherries – 50 gms

Method :

• Line and grease two 175 mm diameter cake tins.

• Sift flour, cocoa, soda bicarb and baking powder together twice.

• Beat eggs and sugar over hot water till thick like custard sauce. Add vanilla essence.

• Fold in lightly the sieved flour and melted butter, adding a little water to get pouring consistency.

• Put the mixture in the tins and bake at 400º F for about 20  minutes.

• Cool and sandwich together with the fresh cream and put a thick layer of cream on top.

• Finish off the decoration with chopped nuts on the sides and grated chocolate on top.