Black Forest Cake

Ingredients :

• Refined flour – 60 gms
• Cocoa powder – 60 gms
• Baking powder – ¼ tsp
• Soda bi-carb – a pinch
• Sugar – 120 gms
• Eggs – 4
• Melted butter – 120 gms
• Vanilla essence – 2 drops

For decoration:

• Whipped cream – 200 gms
• Grated chocolate – 15 gms
• Walnuts or broken cashew nuts or cherries – 50 gms

Method :

• Line and grease two 175 mm diameter cake tins.
• Sift flour, cocoa, soda bicarb and baking powder together twice.
• Beat eggs and sugar over hot water till thick like custard sauce. Add vanilla essence.
• Fold in lightly the sieved flour and melted butter, adding a little water to get pouring consistency.
• Put the mixture in the tins and bake at 400º F for about 20 minutes.
• Cool and sandwich together with the fresh cream and put a thick layer of cream on top
• Finish off the decoration with chopped nuts on the sides and grated chocolate on top.