Mini Black Forest Cakes

I decided to make these Mini Black Forest Cakes as I love the flavours of black forest – chocolate, alcohol, cream and cherries – bliss! I made them mini as I think they look extra cute, plus they are great for dinner parties!

Step by step…

To start I whisked together eggs and caster sugar.

I whisked for 5 minutes until the mixture grew in size and was pale and thick.

I gently folded in self raising flour and cocoa powder that I sieved first. Finally I folded in melted butter.

I poured the mixture into a lined tray, any baking tray with a lip will work, but a Swiss Roll tray would be perfect.

I baked the sponge for 12 minutes, then I turned it out onto a cooling rack to cool down completely.

Once fully cool I cut out discs using a 7cm diameter cutter. I got enough for 7 mini cakes.

I brushed kirsch over the cake half that would be the bottom layer, which is cherry liquor, and I found this bottle in Tesco.

Next I whipped up double cream and piped it onto the bottom half of the cakes.

Then I sliced some cherries in half and put three halves onto each cream topped cake.

I brushed the underside of the top layer of cake with a bit more kirsch then placed it on top. Then I piped on more cream, sprinkled over some grated dark chocolate and placed a cherry in the middle.

I was really impressed with the final look of the Mini Black Forest Cakes! I took them along to a family meal and everyone loved them and commented on how professional they looked. I devoured mine and could’ve eaten another easily! The sponge is so light and the cherries, which were from Aldi, were gorgeously juicy. I had a few problems with some of the Mini Black Forest Cakes being a bit wonky, I think extra cream on top of the cherries in the middle would’ve helped the sponge stick to it more. I’ll also add more kirsch next time as I think it could’ve been stronger, but that depends on personal taste.

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Mini Black Forest Cakes

Mini chocolate cakes with fresh cherries, kirsch and whipped cream

Course Dessert

Cuisine European

Keyword Cake

Prep Time 30 minutes

Cook Time 12 minutes

Total Time 42 minutes

Servings 7

Author thebakingexplorer

Ingredients

• 5 Eggs large
• 140 g Caster sugar
• 100 g Self raising flour
• 25 g Cocoa powder
• 25 g Butter melted
• 50 ml Kirsch
• 200 ml Double cream
• 21 Fresh cherries
• 6 blocks of Dark chocolate

Instructions

1. Pre-heat your oven to 160C Fan/180C/350F/Gas Mark 4, grease and line a swiss roll tin or baking tray with a lip

2. Whisk together the eggs and caster sugar with an electric hand mixer, whisk for 5 minutes until the mixture grows in size and is pale and thick
3. Sieve the self raising flour and cocoa powder then gently fold it in. Then fold in the melted butter

4. Pour the mixture into the tin

5. Bake the sponge for 12 minutes. Turn it out onto a cooling rack to cool down completely

6. Once fully cool, cut out discs using a 7cm diameter cutter. Brush the kirsch over the cakes
7. Whip up the double cream and pipe it onto the bottom half of the cakes
8. Slice the cherries in half and put three halves onto each cream topped cake
9. Put the other pieces of cake on top. Pipe on more cream, sprinkle over some grated dark chocolate and place a cherry in the middle

10. Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge and eat within 2 days

NB. Aldi supplied me with the ingredients for this post, but all opinions are my own. Recipe from BBC Good Food

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