This quick German Black Forest Cake recipe tastes just like the traditional one! That's important for my family, and yours, too. Chocolate cake, cherries, and real whipped cream. But it's easy to make.
It's special for company and birthdays to top off that traditional German meal. It can be special for your family's dinner as well, because it only takes a cake mix, some pie filling, and whipped cream.
Make round layers, or for a large group, make a 9 X 13 inch pan and cut it in 2 layers. If your cake bakes up high enough, you can cut it into 3 layers. Put cherry filling on bottom layer and whipped cream on the next layer.
To make whipping cream stable (not go runny after a while), add 1 tablespoon of icing sugar for every cup of whipping cream as it is being whipped. The resulting whipped cream will keep on the leftover German Black Forest Cherry Cake for 2-3 days in the fridge. It's best served right away, though.
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German Black Forest Cake Recipe
Ingredients
1 box Chocolate Cake mix
1 can Cherry Pie filling
3 cups whipping cream
3 tbsp. icing sugar
Instructions
Make and bake cake mix according to instructions on box. Let cool completely and cut into layers.
Whip cream adding icing sugar (sift if lumpy). Whip cream until proper consistency. DO NOT OVER WHIP or you will have butter!
Place bottom cake layer on cake plate. Cover with pie filling. Cover that with about 1/3 of whipped cream.
Gently place top cake layer on top of whipped cream. Cover with whipped cream. Also stroke whipped cream on the sides.
Hints:
To make this extra special, use German Apple Chocolate Cake using cherry pie filling instead of the apple pie filling to make the cake layers. Bake and finish as above.
Add 1/2 to 1 tsp. almond flavoring to cake mix.
Sprinkle chocolate shavings or sprinkles on top of the whipped cream as shown on cake at top.
Save some cherries from pie filling and place on top
Put some maraschino cherries on top for a traditional topping
If you whip an extra cup of whipping cream (remember to add 1 tbsp. icing sugar), you can use it to decorate the top using a pastry bag or a plastic baggie with one corner cut off. Then your cake will look like a more traditional German Black Forest Cake recipe.
You must use icing sugar for the whipped cream. It is the cornstarch in the icing sugar that will stabilize whipped cream.
If available in your area, use "Sahnesteif" to stabilize the whipping cream. This will hold the whipped cream longer than the icing sugar.
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