Black Forest Cake

Name: Black Forest Cake
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 16 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 cups cake-and-pastry flour; 2 teaspoons baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 cup butter, softened; 2 1/2 cups brown sugar; 3 eggs; 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla; 3 unsweetened chocolate squares, melted and cooled; 1 cup sour cream; 1 cup boiling water; 2 cups whipping cream; 1/2 cup icing sugar; 1 cup smucker's pure cherry jam, stirred; chocolate shavings; maraschino cherry

Submitted by Chef mariajane

"Amaze your guests with this scrumptious Black Forest Cake this Holiday Season -"

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Ready In:: 35mins
Ingredients:: 15
Serves:: 16

ingredients

2 cups cake-and-pastry flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt
¹⁄₂ cup butter, softened
2 ¹⁄₂ cups brown sugar
3 eggs
1 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons vanilla
3 unsweetened chocolate squares, melted and cooled
1 cup sour cream
1 cup boiling water
2 cups whipping cream
¹⁄₂ cup icing sugar
1 cup smucker's pure cherry jam, stirred
chocolate shavings
maraschino cherry

directions

Preheat oven to 350°F Grease 2 x 9-inch round cake pans.
Combine flour, baking soda and salt.
Beat butter in a large bowl. Add brown sugar and eggs, beating until light and creamy. Beat in vanilla and chocolate.
Add dry ingredients to chocolate mixture, alternately with sour cream, beating on low speed just until batter is smooth.
Carefully stir in boiling water. Batter will be thin.
Bake in preheated oven for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool on wire racks for 10 minutes; then remove from pans and cool completely.
Beat whipping cream and incing sugar in large bowl of electric mixer until thick.
To Assemble Cake: Place on layer on serving plate, and spread with 1/2 of the whipped cream. Put 1/2 cup jam over whipped cream, leaving a 1/2-inch border away from the edge of the cake.
Cover with remaining layer and top with whipped cream, leaving some for decoration, if desired. Top with remaining jam and garnish with chocolate curls.
For an authentic look, using a piping bag, pipe whipped cream flowers around top edge of cake and place maraschino cherries in each flower.
Do not put whipped cream on sides of cake.

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Chef mariajane

I am a 56 year old Gramma that, for the first time in my life, has purchase myself a computer, and I didn't know what i was missing!! I have a husband tha I adore, and 4 grandchildren that of course surpass all others - lol - I am disabled, and am an at home person, so I have a lot of time on my hands, to play with my recipes, and I am enjoying every bit of it - My husband will eat anything that I cook, so I have carte blanche as far as that goes, so I have a great time trying out new recipes. Paula Deen has published some of my favorite cookbooks, her recipes are easy and quick to do. Her sweets are fantastics, especially her pound cakes, Yummm I guess the dish that I am famous for is my Christmas ham - my family all comes home for Christmas, and if i don't have my ham they are dissapointed, and my grandson wants the pistachio squares!!! so I guess that is the dishes that I'm famous for.

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