Black Forest Cake ( without egg, using Condensed Milk)

Black Forest Cake (Without Egg , using Condensed Milk)

Only Black Forest Cake comes to mind for a birthday party. Recently i made this cake for my husband's birthday. It involves three steps. Preparing the cake base, Preparing the whipped cream  and doing piping. Its little time consuming, but can do in a while for our dear ones. One more special thing about this cake is i am doing it eggless.

Ingredients:

For sponge  base:

Dry Ingredients: 

Maida ( All Purpose Flour)          - 1 cup

Cocoa Powder                               - 3 tbsp

Baking Powder                              - 1/2 tsp

Baking Soda                                   - 1/4 tsp

Wet Ingredients:

Condensed Milk                           - 1/2 cup

Butter                                            - Little less than 1/3 cup (or) Little more than 1/4 cup

Powdered Sugar                            - 1/4 cup

Vannila Extract                             - 1 tsp

Hot Milk                                         - As required

For Icing and Filling:

Whipping Cream                          - 550 -600 ml

Canned Red Cherries                    -  1/4 cup

Syrup from cherry tin                    - 1/2 cup

For Decoration:

Whole Red cherries                      - 8 - 10

Dark Chocolate Gratings              - As required

Alternative ingredients:

If you are in India, you would be facing problem finding canned cherries and whipping cream. I had the same problem then i ended up in finding alternatives. Sharing those with you. Click here for Canned Cherries. Click here for Whipping Cream.

Things Needed:

1.Convection Oven.
2.Cake Blender
3.Cake Pan

Method:

1. Sieve well maida, cocoa powder, baking powder n baking soda
2. Beat butter in a deep pan. once it gets fluffy add condensed milk.
3.  Once both get blended add powdered sugar.
4. Add vannila extract
5. To the above, add dry ingredients which we have sieved before in small quantities.
6. Atlast add hot milk.  The batter should be in dropping consistency. It should be like dosa batter and not as idli batter. so add milk as needed..
7. Grease the 6 " or 7 " pan.
8. Pour the batter and bake in the preheated convection oven for 180 degree celsius..
9. .Bake for 15 - 20 minutes  Insert a toothpick in the cake. If it comes out clearly (ie no wet pieces of cake should come with it) , you can take the cake from oven.. Let it cool
10. Place the cake in a plate. Cut the cake into three layers horizontally. Rotating the plate while cutting helps in correct partitioning of cake.
11. Grate the dark chocolate using a peeler and keep it aside.

Assembling:

1. Take a plate in which you are going to serve cake. Add whipping cream to the center. Place the bottom sponge layer to it. This is done to prevent the cake from moving
2. Spread 3-4 tbsp of sugar  syrup to it. Spread a good ½ inch layer of  whipping cream to it. Then some cherries. Now the middle layer, syrup, cream and cherries
3. Now the final layer, keep it upside down and then spread syrup!Take a big dollop of  cream and then spread it on top as well on sides. Then make it smooth! If crumbs are seen, do a crumb coat.
4. Keep the cake in freezer for 10 mins. 
5. Now add the remaining cream to a piping bag fitted with a star nozzle. Pipe with circular motion on top which makes rosettes. ( you can even use ketchup bottle if you could not find piping bag in India)
6. Sprinkle chocolate shavings all over sides and top.
7. Place a cherry on the top of each rosette.
8. Cake is ready

A very lengthy procedure. But preparing a super duper cake for your dear ones, awesome feel it is!!