Black Forrest Cake

One of my favorite cakes is the Black Forrest Cake. So decided to give it a try. Unfortunately, I did'nt get fresh whipped cream, so had to use simple fresh cream which wasn't sweet. So this was the flaw of this cake. But once I get hold of the whipping cream (a rare product), I would definitely try it once more. So, watch out for a better picture of the cake.

Black Forrest Cake

Ingredients:
Maida - 225 gms

Sweetened condensed milk - 400 gms

Cocoa powder - 2-3 tbsps

Baking powder - 1 tsp

Cooking soda - 1 tsp

Butter - 125 gms

Aerated cola drink - 200 ml

Salt - a pinch

Dairy milk chocolate - 125 gms

Fresh whipped cream - 250 gms

Cherries - 10

Method:

Melt the butter in a thick bottom pan on a very low flame. Remove and cool.
Add condensed milk to it and mix well.
Sift maida, cocoa powder, baking powder, cooking soda and salt together. Make sure there are no lumps.
Grease a baking tray with butter and dust it with maida and keep aside.
Take a pan with little butter and put the maida mixture and the condensed milk mixture into it.
Add aerated cola and mix well.
Pour the batter into the greased tray and bake for 30-40 mins in an oven and for 20 mins in a microwave oven.
When done, let it cool on a wire rack. Slit it horizontally into two.
Whip the cream till light and fluffy.
Apply the whipped cream on the two layers of the cake and decorate with cherries.
Top the cake with whipped cream and cherries.
Grate dairy milk chocolate bar and sprinkle over the cake.
Serve it chilled.

The recipe source of this cake is unknown. However, I found a somewhat similar recipe in Divya's Blog- Easycooking. So have a look.

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