Black forest cake

Ingredients

(Dry ingredients)

1   cup Maida 

¼ cup cocoa powder

1 Tspoon baking powder

½ Tspoon soda

 (Wet ingredients)

50 gm butter

 ¼ cup sugar powder 

 ½ cup condensed milk

¼ Tspoon caramel colour

¼ Tspoon chocolate essence

¼ Tspoon rum essence

¼ Tspoon coffee essence/instant coffee

Soda water/milk

Procedure...

STEP 1

1   cup Maida   + ¼ cup cocoa powder +  1 Tspoon baking powder + ½ Tspoon soda

STEP 2

50 gm butter + ¼ cup sugar powder + ½ cup condensed milk + ¼ Tspoon caramel colour+ ¼ Tspoon chocolate essence + ¼ Tspoon rum essence + ¼ Tspoon cofee essence/instant coffee

STEP 3

Mix both dry and wet ingredients (STEP 1+STEP 2)

STEP4

Adjust the consistency by adding slowly soda water/milk

STEP 5

Grease a baking tin or place a butter paper in tin & pour a batter in tin.

STEP 6

Bake in preheated empty cooker for 25-30 min on medium to low flame without whistle.

Or bake in preheated oven at 180˚C for 30 min.

HOW TO DO FROSTING?

250 ml whipping cream                      

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Equal quantity sugar

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Whisk by using beater till it becomes smooth and stiff

(Note: check it by inserting knife and the standing knife indicates the perfect peak )

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Frosting is ready

STEP 7

slice the cake of 2 inch height.Now place one slice on the turn table,sprinkle some sugar syrup to add moisture to the cake,now place the other slice and go on and finally cover the whole cake  with the frosting .

STEP 8
Peel the dark chocolate slab with the help of peeler and sprinkle the chocolate on and side of the the frosted cake , further with the help of star nozle in piping bag pour  in the whiped cream(frosting) and make design on the cake as shown in the pic,

STEP 9 
Decorate the cake with red cherries.