Cake ten - Black Forest

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There’s something both fascinating and intriguing in the name of this cake. A thick forest which suddenly opens to a sunny clearing, wild berries and cream on top disclosing a secret delicious chocolate sponge with a whipped cream filling!

You can set your creativity free and decide for a two-three layer or a checkered cake depending on the time and patience you have. 

I chose the checkered cake for my son’s 18th birthday as I wanted to make it look special!

100 gr butter

100 gr sugar

4 eggs, 

70 gr almond meal

100 gr grated chocolate

50 gr cocoa

50 gr flour

50 gr cornstarch

2 ts baking powder

4 tbs vermouth

1/2 l cream 

1 kg cherries or 1/2 kg wild berries - if you use cherries stone some of them 

Grease 26 cm round cake pan. 

Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, beat in eggs, almond meal and grated chocolate. Stir in flour, cornstarch and baking powder. Spread mixture into prepared pan. Bake about 30/40 min at 180°. 

Stand cake 3 min before turning onto wire rack to cool.

Cake assemblage

Cut the cake into three layers and sprinkle each layer with vermouth. Cut 2 layers into five 2 cm wide circles. Separate each circle with care. Let’s number them 1 to 5 starting from the outside.

Whip cream until soft peak forms. Spread a thin layer of cream onto the uncut cake layer. Then lay one of the circles n 1 on top, leave 2 cm space, lay circle n. 3, leave 3 cm space and lay circle n. 5. Fill the empty spaces with whipped cream and add some of the cherries (without the stone!) or berries. Repeat the same operation twice swapping chocolate circles and whipped cream. 

Decorate the cake with whipped cream and cover the top with cherries or berries.

also visit:
http://time-for-a-cake.blogspot.it/2012/09/cake-ten.html