Black Forest Cake

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 2 (20 ounce) cans pitted tart cherries, undrained
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3 cups cold whipping cream
• 2 9-inch layers of chocolate cake, baked and cooled (9 inch)
• 1/3 cup confectioners' sugar

Recipe

• 1 drain cherries, reserving 1/2 cup juice.
• 2 combine reserved cherry juice,cherries,granulated sugar and cornstarch in a saucepan.
• 3 cook and stir over low heat until thickened.
• 4 add vanille and stir.
• 5 split each cake layer in half horizontally.
• 6 crumble one half layer; set asidebeat cold whipping cream and confectioner's sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer on high speed until stiff peaks form.
• 7 reserve 1 and 1/2 cups whipped cream for decorative piping place one cake layer on serving plate.
• 8 spread with 1 cup whipped cream; top with 3/4 cup cherry topping.
• 9 top with second layer, 1 cup whipped cream and 3/4 cup cherry topping; top with third cake layer.
• 10 frost cake sides with remaining whipped cream; pat gently with reserved cake crumbs.
• 11 spoon reserved 1 and 1/2 cups whipped cream into pastry bag fitted with star tip; pipe around top and bottom edges of cake.
• 12 spoon remaining cherry topping over top of cake.