EASY BLACK FOREST CAKE RECIPE | Cherry Cake Recipe | Egg-Free
🎂🍒BLACK FOREST CAKE | Eggless Black Forest Cake | Homemade Chocolate & Cherry Cake | #blackforestcake
🍰Eggless Black Forest Cake
Ingredients
🍰½ cup+2 tbsp all-purpose flour
🍰1/4 cup cocoa powder
🍰¼ tsp baking soda
🍰1/2 tsp baking powder
🍰1/3 cup sugar (or 1/4 cup +1 tbsp) (as per sweetness)
🍰⅓ cup milk or 1/4 cup curd +2 tbsp water
🍰1/2 tsp vinegar or lemon juice
🍰2 tbsp oil (neutral flavor)
🍰 ½ tsp vanilla extract
🍰1/2 tsp coffee + 1 or 2 tbsp hot water
Cherry Syrup & Filling:
🍒½ cup fresh cherries, pitted
🍒¼ cup water
🍒1 tbsp sugar
🍒½ tsp lemon juice
Whipped Cream:
✨️1 cup heavy Sweetned whipping cream
✨️1 tbsp powdered sugar(optional)
✨️¼ tsp vanilla extract
Decoration:
🍫Chocolate shavings or grated chocolate
🍫Extra cherries (optional)
Instructions
🎂 Make the Cake:
• Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and line a 4-inch cake pan.
• Mix milk and vinegar, let sit 5 minutes (makes buttermilk).(skip if using curd) make sure to whisk curd and water until smooth.
• Sift together flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and sugar.
• In another bowl add curd, oil, vanilla, and coffee (if using). Mix until smooth.
• Then combine wet and dry ingredients
• Pour batter into pan and bake 20–25 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool completely.
🍒Cherry Syrup & Filling:
• Combine cherries, water, and sugar in a small saucepan. Simmer 8–10 minutes until cherries soften and liquid thickens slightly.
• Strain syrup into a bowl (reserve cherries for filling). Stir in lemon juice
• For filling: Return reserved cherries to pan, add 2 tbsp syrup, bring to simmer.
• Stir in cornstarch or cornflour slurry, cook 1–2 minutes until thickened. Cool.(optional )
✨️Whip the Cream:
• 1 cup Sweetned Whip cream, 1 tbsp sugar(optional), and vanilla until stiff peaks form. Chill.
🎂Assemble:
• Slice cake into layers. Brush each layer with cherry syrup.
• Spread a layer of whipped cream, then cherry filling. Repeat for top layer.
• Frost top and sides with whipped cream.
• Decorate with chocolate shavings and cherries.
Tips:
• Chill assembled cake for 1–2 hours before serving for best texture.
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