Black Forest Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup cherry flavored liqueur
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 (1/2 liter) can pitted cherries, drained (i had to use cherry pie filling but that worked too)
• 1 cup whipped cream
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 tablespoon cherry flavored liqueur
• 1 semi-sweet chocolate baking square

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 grease the bottom of two 8-inch round pans.
• 3 sift or mix together flour, cocoa, baking soda, and 1 teaspoon salt; set aside.
• 4 cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy.
• 5 add eggs and beat well, add vanilla.
• 6 add flour mixture, alternating with milk, beat until combined.
• 7 pour into 2 cake pans.
• 8 bake for 35-40 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.
• 9 cut each layer in half, horizontally making four layers total.
• 10 sprinkle layers with 1/2 cup kirschwasser.
• 11 in a separate bowl whip the cream to stiff peaks, then beat in 1/2 teaspoon vanilla and 1 tablespoon kirschwasser.
• 12 add sugar powder and pinch of salt beat again.
• 13 spread first layer of cake with 1/3 of the filling top with 1/3 of the cherries repeat with remaining layers.
• 14 frost top and sides of cake.
• 15 sprinkle with chocolate curls made by using a potato peeler on semisweet baking chocolate (i find that it's easier when the chocolate is room temperature).
• 16 enjoy the cake!