Egg Free Amazing Black Forest Cake
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Recipe type: Dessert, Egg Free
Cuisine: Vegetarian, No Eggs, Dessert
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This egg free black forest cake is one delicious, moist, full of flavor cake! The fact that it's egg free only allows so much more people to enjoy it,
Ingredients
For the cake:
  • 1½ Cups All Purpose Flour
  • 3 Tbsp. Cocoa Powder
  • ¾ Cup White Sugar
  • 1 tsp. Baking Soda
  • 1 tsp. White Wine Vinegar
  • 1 tsp. Vanilla Extract
  • 5 Tbsp. Vegetable Oil (not olive)
  • 1 Cup Warm Water
For the Cherry filling & topping:
  • 3 Cups Frozen Cherries (pitted of course)
  • ⅓ Cup Powdered Sugar
  • 1 Tbsp. Cornstarch
  • 2 Tbsp. Cherry Liquor (Optional but adds flavour)
For the Whipped Topping & Filling:
  • 2¼ Cups Whipping Cream (Heavy Cream)
  • 7 Tbsp. Powdered Sugar
For the decor:
  • ½ Cup Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips - Chopped or Ground
Instructions
  1. Prepare an 8.5" round spring form baking pan and layer with parchment paper. (I usually brush with oil and then the parchment paper sticks better to the base and the sides)
  2. Preheat oven to 180C (350F).
  3. In a large bowl mix all the cake ingredients well until you get a smooth batter.
  4. Pour batter onto your prepared baking pan and bake for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the middle of the cake, comes out clean/dry.
In the meantime prepare the cherry filling/ topping:
  1. In a medium pot, place the cherries, cornstarch and powdered sugar and start stirring over medium heat.Stir constantly for about 15 minutes or until cherries have thawed and the mix begins to thicken. You don't want it to be too liquid.
  2. Once cherry mix thickened, add in the cherry liquor and mix in and remove from heat.
  3. Set aside and let cool.
Prepare the whipped topping:
  1. Place the cream and sugar in a stand mixer bowl and using the whisking attachment, whisk on medium-high speed until stiff peaks form. Do not over whisk it.
Assembling the cake:
  1. Carefully remove the ring from around the baking pan and slice the cake in the middle just like you would to make a sandwich :). You now have 2 layers of cake.
  2. Turn the cake onto your serving dish (My Turntable in my case) and using a plate or the base of the baking pan (which is flat and round) remove the top half of the cake by inserting the plate in the middle and lifting up to detach the top part you sliced before.
  3. Now you have the bottom part exposed. Take ⅔ of the cherry mix and evenly spread it on top of the bottom layer.
  4. Cover the cherry mix with whipped cream until it's fully covered.
  5. Place the top part of the cake back on (on the whipped cream at this point) and cover the cake with the remaining whipped cream you have left (this is a good time to play around with some decor :) )
  6. once the cake is fully covered, place the remaining ⅓ mix of cherries in the middle nicely. You can leave some cream aside to decorate around the edges of the cherry mix.
  7. Decorate the sides of the cake with some ground/ shaved/ chopped chocolate.
  8. Let the cake stand in the fridge for at least 1 hour before serving to absorb flavors.
Recipe by Maya`s Kitchen at https://www.mayaskitchen.info/2016/09/23/egg-free-amazing-black-forest-cake/