Black Forest Cake Recipe
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This cake was a special request so it has coconut on the sides in place of the chocolate pieces.
Author: Joseph
Recipe type: Layer Cake
Cuisine: Dessert
Serves: 1 cake
Ingredients
- 1 recipe The Best Secret Chocolate Cake
- 1 recipe Simple Syrup
- 2 Recipes Stabilized Whipped Cream
- 1 package Sweetened flaked coconut
- 8 each Maraschino Cherries
- 2 cups Black Cherry Pie Filling (use a good quality one)
Instructions
- Bake you chocolate cake layers, remove the dome and cut the layers into 2.
- To being assembly of the cake, place a dab of whipped cream on a cake board. Set the bottom layer on top. Brush with simple syrup, add whipped cream.
- Place the next cake layer on top. Brush the cake with simple syrup. Pipe a whipped cream dam around the outer edge 2 layers high.
- Fill inside the dam with black cherry pie filling. Place the next layer of cake on top. Brusg with simple syrup.
- Add whipped cream filling. Place top layer of cake on top. Brush with simple syrup.
- Add additional whipped cream on the sides, smooth the sides with an icing spatula and ice the top smooth.
- Press sweetened shredded/flaked coconut into the sides of the cake. Pipe 8 rosettes on to and garnish with a maraschino cherry.
- Complete the decorating by added 2014 fondant pieces, Happy New Year's Everyone!!!
- Enjoy!
Recipe by Desserts-101.com at /how-to-make-a-black-forest-cake/