Recipe of Easy Black Forest Cake Recipe Cherry Pie Filling

Easy Dressed-Up Black Forest Cake

Only this one's really, really easy and super quick to make.

Recipe Summary Easy Dressed-Up Black Forest Cake

After traveling to Germany and loving their Black Forest Cake, I came home wanting to recreate it with what I had at the time. I was 17 and could only purchase, not yet create, so here is what I did. To this day my son requests it for his birthday every year. Pie filling should ooze out - this is the art of the cake!

Ingredients | Easy Black Forest Cake Recipe Cherry Pie Filling

1 devil's food chocolate cake mix (such as Betty Crocker® Super Moist®)

1 ¼ cups water

3 eggs

½ cup vegetable oil

2 cups heavy whipping cream

1 (21 ounce) can cherry pie filling

1 (4 ounce) bar dark chocolate

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 8-inch round cake pans.

Beat cake mix, water, eggs, and oil in a large bowl with an electric mixer on low speed until combined, about 30 seconds. Increase speed to medium and continue to beat, scraping bowl occasionally, until batter is smooth, about 2 minutes. Divide batter between prepared pans.

Bake cakes in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the centers comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool in the pans, about 5 minutes. Invert onto a wire rack and cool completely, about 1 hour. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate, 8 hours to overnight.

Beat heavy cream in a chilled glass or metal bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until stiff peaks form, about 5 minutes.

Cut each cake in half horizontally with a bread knife, to make 4 layers. Place one layer on a serving plate. Spread 1/4 of the whipped cream on top. Top with 1/3 of the cherry pie filling; spread evenly. Place second cake layer on top. Repeat layering whipped cream, cherry pie filling, and cake layers, ending with whipped cream on top.

Grate chocolate bar or shave into curls with a peeler; scatter on top of whipped cream.

Refrigerate cake until flavors combine, about 2 hours.

When serving adults, I sometimes sprinkle a little orange liqueur onto the cake before adding the cream.

The directions for making the cake are based on the particular brand mentioned. Follow instructions on box if using a different brand.

Info | Easy Black Forest Cake Recipe Cherry Pie Filling

prep: 15 mins cook: 30 mins additional: 11 hrs 5 mins total: 11 hrs 50 mins Servings: 10 Yield: 1 8-inch layer cake

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Easy Black Forest Cake Recipe Cherry Pie Filling - If crumbs get in the frosting while frosting the cake, scrape off your icing spatula into a separate bowl so as not to get crumbs on the frosted cake.