Black Forest Cake

Ingredients:-

(A)
4 egg yolks
40g sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1 tbsp rum

(B)
85ml corn oil warmed
25g cocoa powder

(C)
135ml warm water

(D)
125g cake flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder

(E)
4 egg whites
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
50g sugar

Canned pitted cherries halved
400ml whipping cream whipped with 2 tbsp icing sugar
80g shaved dark Chocolate


Method:-

1) Mix ingredients (A) well with a hand whisk.
2) Stir cocoa powder in warmed oil until dissolved and pour into yolk mixture.
3) Stir (C) into yolk mixture.
4) Sieve ingredient (D) and stir it into yolk mixture.
5) Whip egg whites in a clean mixing bowl until big bubbles are formed. Add in the cream of tartar and whip until white in colour.
6) Divide 50g sugar into 3 portions and add a portion at a time into egg white slowly while whipping the whites. Whip until stiff peaks formed.
7) Pour 1/2 white into yolk mixture and blend well.
8) Pour yolk mixture into the remaining egg white mixture and blend well.
9) Pour batter into clean baking pan and bake at 180C for 40 minutes or until cooked.
10) Invert cake and leave to cool. Then cut cooled cake into 2 layers.
11) Whip the cream with icing sugar until stiff.
12) Spread a layer of cream on the bottom cake layer. Place halved cherries.
13) Sandwich the cake with the top layer.
14) Decorate as appropriate with remaining whipped cream and chocolate shavings.


[recipe from Florence]