Ingredients for Black Forest Box Cake:
# Cherry Filling:
– Pitted cherry flesh 300g
– Water 100g
– Fresh lemon juice 20g
– Cornstarch 8g
– Water (for dissolving cornstarch) 20g
– Cherry juice 20g
– Rum 10g
# Cake Base:
– Milk 60g
– Sunflower seed oil 30g
– Cocoa powder 10g
– Salt 1g
– Cake flour 50g
– Eggs 4
– Granulated sugar 35g
– Lemon juice 2g
# Decoration:
– Chocolate beans 50g
– Whipped cream 500g
– Icing sugar 30g
– Fresh cherries several
Steps for making Black Forest Box Cake:
1. Prepare the cherry filling by halving and pitting the cherries;
2. Add water and fresh lemon juice, cook until the cherries are slightly soft and release their juice;
3. After cooking, remove 20g of cherry juice and mix it with rum, set aside;
4. Dissolve cornstarch in water, pour it back into the cherry mixture to thicken, then stop heating;
5. Let the cooked cherries cool;
6. Prepare chocolate crumbs by melting chocolate beans over water;
7. Spread a thin layer on parchment paper and freeze in the refrigerator;
8. Prepare the cake base by mixing sunflower seed oil, cocoa powder, and salt to an emulsified state;
9. Add milk and continue mixing evenly;
10. Sift in cake flour and mix evenly;
11. Separate eggs, add yolks to the batter and whites to a clean bowl;
12. Mix yolks with the batter until smooth, set aside;
13. Preheat the oven, add lemon juice and half of the sugar to the egg whites;
14. After a light pattern appears, add the remaining sugar and whip until a large hook shape is formed;
15. Fold a small amount of meringue into the batter with a spatula;
16. Pour the batter back into the meringue bowl and mix evenly with a J-shape motion;
17. Pour the batter into the mold from a height of 30cm, smooth the surface and gently release large bubbles;
18. Place in the middle of the oven, bake at 150°C top and 135°C bottom for 22 minutes, raise the top heat to 170°C for the last 4 minutes to set the skin;
19. Shake the cake out of the oven gently and let it cool to warm;
20. Use a cake box to imprint and cut into nine pieces;
21. Whip cream with icing sugar until stiff, directly fill into a piping bag for layers, and fill a small part with a piping tip for decoration;
22. Place a layer of cake at the bottom of the box, brush with cherry liquor;
23. Pipe a layer of cream;
24. Arrange a layer of cherry flesh;
25. Repeat the above steps until full;
26. Crush the chocolate;
27. Sprinkle on top, pipe cream flowers and decorate as desired.
Step 28: Final Product 1
Step 29: Final Product 2
Step 30: Final Product 3
Step 31: Final Product 4
Step 32: Final Product 5
Cooking tips for Black Forest Box Cake: Each oven is different, so the heat settings are for reference only; the amount of whipped cream can be adjusted as needed. There are tricks to making delicious dishes, and each of my recipes has its own little secret. You can search for ‘desserts’ to directly view my recipes!
