Black Forest Cake Icing Recipe

The only thing i modified was using confectioner sugar instead of granulated as the recipe suggested.

Black forest cake icing recipe.

In a heavy duty mixing bowl mix together all the dry ingredients. Black forest cake is traditionally made with sponge cake and that means it s a non yeasted cake using beaten eggs as a leavening agent. Black forest cake is traditionally frosted with whipped cream which means you have to eat it right away to prevent the frosting from deflating and sliding off. I also don t bother frosting the sides of this cake.

The cake baked up beautifully the cherries were perfect and the whole thing just came together wonderfully. To simplify this recipe we used a boxed cake mix. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees f. It s based on the german dessert schwarzwälder kirschtorte literally translated to black forest cherry torte traditionally kirschwasser known commonly as kirsch a brandy made from sour cherries is added to the cake historians believe that this cake originated in the late.

Line a mini cupcake pan with 36 mini liners. Several of you mentioned your cakes did not rise as much as mine. I didn t like using cream cheese for frosting since 9 out 10 carrot cake frosting recipes posted call for cream cheese. The best black forest cake recipe i ve tried and i ve tried a lot.

I heard you and re baked the cake. Recipe for the black forest cake updated 4 22 16 to be more fail proof. Perfect icing recipe for the carrot cake i made. The only change i made and i heartily recommend it is that i made a syrup out of 1 2 cup reserved cherry juice 1 2 cup sugar and 1 4 cup kirsch cherry liqueur.

This black forest cake combines rich chocolate cake layers with fresh cherries cherry liqueur and a simple whipped cream frosting. After some testing i noticed the best results when increasing the mixing time to 8 minutes rather than 5 and using 4 tbsp butter rather than 8. Chopped walnuts powdered sugar ground allspice frosting pillsbury best all purpose flour and 15 more black forest skillet cake mccormick cherry pie filling cake mix mccormick pure vanilla extract and 4 more. Our recipe stabilizes the whipped cream with cornstarch which ensures the cake can last for up to three days in the fridge without getting soggy.