Chocolate Cake or Black forest cake. Is basically made the same as a white cake, just with cocoa powder. Can be served with any variety of icings under the sun. Can be served in whatever style you want.

To make this egg free black forest cake, you need a chocolate cake or a chocolate sponge cake. You can get the cake from outside or make your own at home. I have used my basic eggless chocolate cake made from whole wheat flour as a base for this black forest cake. You can have Chocolate Cake or Black forest cake using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Chocolate Cake or Black forest cake

Prepare of Maida / All purpose flour.
You need of Baking Powder.
You need of Baking Soda.
Prepare of Cocoa powder.
You need of Milk + as needed.
You need of Oil.
Prepare of Sugar.
You need of Vinegar.
It's of For icing:.
Prepare of whipping Cream.
You need of whole cherries.
Prepare of Sugar syrup.
Prepare of chocolate shavings / grated chocolate.

It is frosted with whipped cream and covered with chocolate shavings and a few cherries for decoration. Kirschwasser (cherry schnapps) is used to flavor the whipped cream. German Black Forest cake is a rich, luscious chocolate torte that originated from the Black Forest region in Germany. Try one of our ideas for all occasions, from triple chocolate caramel to Chocolate fudge cakes, flourless chocolate cakes, and brownies have a higher fat content and will easily Turn the clock back with our nostalgic black forest cake with a modern twist.

Chocolate Cake or Black forest cake instructions

Sieve flour, baking powder, baking soda and cocoa powder thrice and keep aside. Preheat oven to 180-degrees and grease a cake tin. Take one cup chilled milk add vinegar to it and keep aside for 5 mins..
In a big bowl add sugar, oil whisk until sugar dissolves. Add milk-vinegar mixture and whisk. Add flour mixture in 2-3 batches. Mix using cut and fold method. Add more milk if needed..
Add a hand full of choco chips and mix. Pour it into a greased cake tin. Tap well and bake till done. After 10 mins de-mold the cake. Let the cake cool down properly. Cover the cake with cling wrap put in the freeze for 3-4 hrs or overnight..
For icing: Take out the cake from the freeze. And unwrap. Cut the cake into 2 or 3 layers. Take one layer sprinkle 2-3 tsp sugar syrup/cherry juice on it adds whipping cream spread evenly..
Spread chopped cherries. And cover with another cake layer. Again pour some sugar syrup or cherry juice on cake sponge. Put some whipping cream, spread evenly..
Cover all the sides of cake properly with whipping cream. Take some chocolate shavings cover the sides. Make desired design in sides..
In a piping bag put star nozzle and whipping cream. Make design on cake and Put whole cherries on cake. Add chocolate shavings in middle. Make a big rose in middle add a cherry. Black forest cake is ready..

Some chocolate cakes can be overwhelmingly intense, but this one manages to feel light and balanced, with no single component dominating the others. This version of Black Forest cake gets you an easy, delicious, and moist cake by using cherry pie filling and devil's food cake mix. The Black Forest Cake originated in the Black Forest region of Germany. There are many versions of this cake. All of the cakes are made with chocolate, cherries, and lots of cream.