Black Forest Cake

• For the cake:
• 1 and 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 and 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder
• Whipped cream:
• 500 ml whipping cream
• 5 tsp sugar
• Sugar syrup:
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 tbsp any good brandy or rum
• Ingredients for assembling the cake
• 1 can cherries
• bitter sweet dark chocolate crumbs/shavings

1. Cut the cake horizontally into 3-4 pieces.
2. Take one piece on cake board. Spread the sugar syrup.rnSpread cream on top.
3. Spread few chopped cherries.
4. Keep the next cake layer on top.
5. Spread syrup, cream, cherries. Continue till all the cake pieces are done.
6. Press down the cake lightly. Spread the remaining cream on top and on the sides.
7. decorate with cherry halves and chocolate crumbs/shavings.rnchilled and serve..

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Taken from food52.com/recipes/9560-black-forest-cake (may not work)