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Easy Black Forest Cake Recipe
Ingredients (21)
- For the Cake:
- 3/4 cup kirsch
- 1 cup pitted dried cherries
- Baking spray
- 2 cups (about 14 ounces) granulated sugar
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour (about 8 3/4 ounces)
- 1 cup natural unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature
- 1 cup sour cream, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup boiling water
- 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
- For the Topping:
- 2 1/2 cups heavy or whipping cream, chilled
- 3/4 cup confectioners’ sugar, sifted
- 3 cups (about 36 ounces) pitted fresh cherries, quartered
- 2 ounces bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
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Directions
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