Black Forest Cake (yet Another)

Total Time: 2 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 2/3 cups flour
• 2/3 cup cocoa powder, unsweetened
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
• 1 cup kirschwasser or 1 cup cherry schnapps
• 1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream
• 3/4 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 tablespoons kirschwasser or 1 1/2 tablespoons cherry schnapps
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 36 medium cherries, pitted
• 2 squares dark chocolate, cocoa bar 70%

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 line the bottoms of two 8 inch round pans with parchment paper circles or grease the pans.
• 3 sift together flour, cocoa, baking soda and 1 teaspoon salt. set aside.
• 4 cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy.
• 5 add eggs and beat well.
• 6 add vanilla.
• 7 add flour mixture, alternating with milk, beat until combined.
• 8 pour into 2 round 8 inch pans.
• 9 bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.
• 10 cool completely.
• 11 remove paper from under the cakes.
• 12 sprinkle each layer with 1/2 cup of the kirschwasser.
• 13 in a separate bowl, whip the cream to stiff peaks.
• 14 beat in vanilla and kirschwasser.
• 15 add sugar powder, and a pinch of salt.
• 16 beat again.
• 17 spread first layer of cake with 1/2 of the filling.
• 18 top with 24 of the cherries, split in half.
• 19 put second layer on top of the first.
• 20 frost top and sides of cake.
• 21 add remaining cherries, split, to the top of the cake.
• 22 sprinkle with chocolate curls made by using a potato peeler on the cocoa. i used the 70% cocoa chocolate bars, adjust yours by percentage if this is too dark for you,.