Black Forest Cake

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 cup sugar
• 4 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate
• 1/3 cup water
• 1/3 cup unsalted butter
• 2 tablespoons kirsch liqueur
• 2 cups sour cherries (drained)
• 1 cup heavy cream (whipped)
• 6 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup sifted flour
• 1 large egg yolk (from lg.egg)
• 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
• 8 ounces semisweet chocolate bars

Recipe

• 1 cake: beat eggs,sugar and vanilla until thick and fluffy.
• 2 alternatly fold chocolate and flour into egg mixture (end with flour) pour into 3 8 inch pans that have been floured and greased well.
• 3 bake in a preheated 350 degree over until tooth pick comes out dry.
• 4 remove from pans after 10 mins and place on rack until completely cool.
• 5 syrup: mix sugar and water,bring to a boil stiring to keep from burning.
• 6 cool and mix in kirsch until well blended.
• 7 prick cakes with tooth picks and pour syrup over all layers.
• 8 filling: beat sugar and butter until blended well and mix in egg yolk.
• 9 beat well unit fluffy.
• 10 whipped cream frosting: fold confectioners sugar into whipped cream.
• 11 assembly of cake: spread 1st layer of cake with 1/2 of the filling mixture, drop 1/3 of cherries onto cake evenly.
• 12 repeat for 2nd.
• 13 layer.
• 14 place 3rd.
• 15 layer on top and cover with the whipped cream mixture,drop remaining cherries on top and shave chocolate curls from chocolate bar.
• 16 (i use a sharp paring knife or potato peeler to make the curls.).