Black Forest Cake - Classic

Ingredients

Dark Chocolate Cream Cake
  • Place all ingredients in a mixing bowl and mix for 1 minute at slow speed.
  • Scrape down the bowl and mix for 6 minutes at medium speed, scraping down halfway.
Make Up
  • Scale 450g of batter into 8" round cake pans lined with parchment paper.
Oven TypeRevolving
Oven TemperatureTop Temperature: 165°C
Bot. Temperature: 165°C
Baking Time

30-35 Min.


Fillings and Toppings
  • With the whisk, mix the Ambiante for 3 to 4 minutes on medium speed until the desired consistency and fill a piping bag with a round tip or a star tip.
  • Fill a second Piping Bag with Topfil Plus Cherry with a round tip and set aside.
Assembly
  • Trim the top of 2 layers of high ratio cake and cut them in half ending with 4 thin layers.
  • Place one layer of the cake on a cake board and with help of piping bags, deposit alternated rings of Ambiante and Topfil Plus Cherry and top with a layer of cake, repeat steps finishing with a cake layer on top.
  • Frost the cake with whipped Ambiante.
Decoration
  • Decorate around the cake with pieces or chocolate shavings and dust the top edge with cocoa powder.
  • Pipe some Ambiante rosettes topped with one cherry and finish with some chocolate decorations as desired.

Tips & Tricks

  • After frosting the cake with Ambiante, create lines with a small spatula from bottom to top to create some texture.
  • If you prefer, you can spread a layer of Ambiante and spread another layer of Topfil Plus Cherry on top instead of the rings.