Ingredients

• Castor sugar - 150 g
• Flour - 90 g
• Cocoa - 20 g
• Baking powder - 1/2 tsp
• Vanilla essence - a few drops
• Cream - 100 g
• Grated chocolate - for garnishing
• Cherries - 50 g
• Rum - 2 tsp
• Syrup of cherries - 1/2 cup
• Castor Sugar - 2 tsp
• Eggs - 2

How to Make Black Forest Cake

• Deseed the cherries and cut into half for decoration.
• Sieve the flour, cocoa, baking powder at least 4 to 6 times.
• Beat the eggs and sugar placing it in hot water till it is light and fluffy.
• Remove from water and add flour by cut and fold method. Add the vanilla essence.
• Grease a baking dish and pour this mixture into it.
• Bake at 200 C for 30 mins.
• Cool the cake and cut horizontally into two parts.
• Mix the rum and syrup of cherries and moisten the two parts of the cake with this.
• Beat the cream and sugar stiffly, placing it on ice.
• Spread the cream on the lower part of cake.
• Arrange the cherries and spread the grated chocolate.
• Place the other part of the cake on top of this and decorate with the cream, grated chocolate and cherries.
• Chill well and serve.