White forest cake

Ingredients

The cake base (vanilla sponge) :

• 100 g sifted self-raising flour
• 1/2 taspoon baking powder
• 1/4 taspoon salt
• 3 large egg, seperated
• 110 g caster sugar
• 1 taspoon vanilla
• 50 ml milk
• 30 g butter,melted

The cherry filling :

• 2 395g cans black cherry filling
• 2 tablespoons kirsch

The cream topping :

• 2 cups whipping cream, chilled
• 30 g caster sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 tablespoons kirsch

You may like

Black forest cake, step by step

Preparation

• Make the base, line the 8" cake tin with parchment paper.Preheat the oven to 350f. Sifted together the flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl. Beat/whisk the egg white at a high speed of a mixer until foamy, the gradually add sugar, few tbsp at a time, then continue to beat until a peak stage. Add the yolk, one at a time, to the white and beat until the mixture have reached a ribbon stage.
• Add the vanilla and mix to incorperate. Divide the flour mixture into few portions and add a portion at a time into the egg mixture using minimun speed. Mix until just combined, then slowly and gently pour the warm mixture of milk and melted butter into the batter.
• Now using spatula to gently fold everything until incorperated. Pour the batter into the prepared tin and bake for 25-30 minutes until the top springs back when touched. Cool on a wire rack for 5-10 minutes before turning it out to cool completely.
• Make the cherry filling, mix the cherry with the kirsch in a bowl and set aside.
• Make the cream topping, beat the whipping cream with the sugar, vanilla and kirsch until peaked.
• To assemble : Slice the cake into 2 layers. Spread about 1/3 of the cream topping over the bottom layer ,then top with half of the filling. Place the top layer over and cover the cake with most of the remaining topping (save some for a decoration on top which will protect the filling from leaking/dipping to the side).
• Use the rest of cream topping to decorate the top around the cake.Then place the rest of the cherry filling on top. Chill for a few hour/overnight before slicing and serve.