Black Forest cake

Black Forest cake

Ingredients

1 tin (400g)-NESTLÉ MILKMAID Sweetened Condensed Milk

3-4 heaped tbsp (25g)-Cocoa Powder

1 tsp-Baking Powder

1 tsp-Soda Bicarbonate

1 tsp-Vanilla Essence

1 small tin-Tinned Cherries

200g-Fresh Cream

2 tsp-Icing Sugar / Powdered Sugar

1 (50 g)-NESTLÉ Milk Chocolate

125 g-Butter

225 g (2¼ cup)-Maida (Flour)

1- 1/3 cups (200 ml)-Aerated Soda

How to make Black Forest Cake

1. Grease an 8” diameter baking tin and dust it with flour.
2. Pre heat the oven at 180⁰ C.
3. Sieve together maida, cocoa powder, baking powder and soda bicarbonate (sieve 2-3 times for better aeration).
4. Soften butter (DO NOT MELT). Add NESTLÉ MILKMAID Sweetened Condensed Milk and beat well. Add the vanilla essence.
5. Add maida mixture and aerated soda alternately to the batter till all the maida and soda are used up.
6. Pour the batter into the baking tin (8” diameter) and bake in the preheated oven for 45-50 minutes or till the tooth pick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
7. Remove from oven, cool for a while. Loosen sides of cake, using a knife if necessary.  Turnout over a wire rack/plate lined with cloth (to absorb moisture) and cool slightly before cutting horizontally into 2.
8. Drain & destone cherries. Soak both cake halves with cherry syrup.
9. Whip cream and sugar till light and fluffy.
10. Sandwich the two layers of cake with whipped cream and chopped cherries.
11. Top with whipped cream and cherries.
12. Sprinkle generously with grated chocolate.

Chill and serve.