Black Forest Cake

 

Black Forest Cake    (Receta en español aquí)

Ingredients

1 chocolate buttermilk cake, recipe here

500 ml sweet whipped cream (500 ml heavy whipping cream 35% butterfat + 80 g icing sugar + 1 teaspoon vanilla extract)

Raspberry jam

Maraschino cherries (Drain the cherries, reserving the liquid).

Chocolate shavings

Assembling

Cut the chocolate cake into two or three layers. Set aside.

Turn over the top layer of the cake (so top of cake becomes bottom) and place on the serving plate.

Brush the cake layer with the cherry syrup. 

Spread raspberry jam over the layer cake and whipped cream.

Place the second layer cake, brush with syrup, spread raspberry jam and whipped cream, and arrange cherries in concentric circles.

Place third layer cake on top, previously brushed with cherry syrup.

Cover with the remaining whipped cream,   sprinkle the cake with shaved chocolate made by using a potato peeler and arrange cherries in a concentric circle atop cake.

Cover and refrigerate the cake for several hours before serving.  

And enjoy.