Cheat’s Black Forest! The holidays in the UAE officially start when Christmas hits @spinneysuae: real trees, festive shelves, and everything you need to cook, bake, host and breathe!
This week I’m making a super easy, light Black Forest cake you can prep up to 2 days ahead. Completely stress-free!
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Cheat’s Black Forest
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BY YASMINE IDRISS
Cheat’s Black Forest! The holidays in the UAE officially start when Christmas hits @spinneysuae: real trees, festive shelves, and everything you need to cook, bake, host and breathe!
This week I’m making a super easy, light Black Forest cake you can prep up to 2 days ahead. Completely stress-free!
Ingredients
Chocolate genoise
- 6 large eggs, room temp, organic SpinneysFOOD
- 1 cup caster sugar, SpinneysFOOD
- ¾ cup self-rising flour, organic SpinneysFOOD
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
Cream layer
- 200 g mascarpone, SpinneysFOOD
- 500 ml whipping cream
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
Berry coulis
- 1 cup frozen blueberries, SpinneysFOOD
- 1 cup frozen raspberries, SpinneysFOOD
- 2 tbsp mixed berry jam, SpinneysFOOD
- ½ cup water
To decorate
- Fresh cherries
- Grated dark chocolate
Method
- 1)
Chocolate genoise
- 2)
Preheat oven to 180°C.
- 3)
Line 2 or 3 round cake tin (8 inches).
- 4)
Whisk eggs + sugar for 8–10 min until pale and tripled in volume.
- 5)
Sift flour + cocoa over the bowl and fold gently with a spatula.
- 6)
Pour into tins and bake 18–25 min. Cool completely.
Cream layer
- 1)
Whip mascarpone + cold cream together in a cold bowl until medium-stiff peaks form. Keep chilled.
Berry coulis
- 1)
Simmer berries, jam, and water for 8–10 min until thick. Cool.
- 1)
Layer cake → coulis → cream → cherries. Repeat with second layer. Finish with cream on top, a swirl of coulis, cherries, and grated chocolate.
Chill 1–2 hours before serving.