Simple Black Forest Cake
A delicious and simple layer cake made out of 1 8" round chocolate cake, layered with cherry frosting and topped with vanilla frosting and chocolate curls and maraschino cherries. Ingredients
Servings: 8 -10 servings
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter softened
- ¾ cups granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 teaspoon cherry extract if desired
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup dutch process cocoa or unsweetened cocoa
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup buttermilk or ¼ cup milk and 2 teaspoons vinegar blended
- ¼ cup boiling water
- 2 tablespoons of maraschino cherry juice can be added just reduce the water by the 2 tablespoons if you add the cherry juice.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Prepare an 8" round cake pan with a baking spray or oil and flour pan, so the cake releases easily (I use Baklene)
- In a medium bowl add butter and sugar and whisk until well blended.
- Add in the egg along with vanilla and cherry extract if using, mix to combine.
- Add in cocoa, baking soda, salt, and stir in flour
- Add in buttermilk and stir,
- then add in water and cherry juice, whisk until smooth.
- Pour batter into prepared baking pan (wrap with a wet baking strip to bake cake evenly)
- Bake at 350° for 33-35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Remove cake from oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes then place wax paper over the top of the cake to turn cake onto a cooling rack.
- Cool cake completely before applying any frosting.