

My advice - just go with the flow! If the pieces don't come out exactly the shape and size that you envisioned, the cake is still going to taste just a delicious. In bowl of electric mixer beat together the butter, vanilla and sugar for 10 minutes. The trickiest part of this cake is the chocolate shards. Preheat oven to 160C and line and grease a 20cm round cake tin with non-stick baking paper. Just microwave in 15-20 second intervals, stirring in between, until the chocolate is fully melted. If you have a double boiler, that's always the best way to melt your chocolate without burning it.īut if you don't have one, you can melt the chocolate in the microwave. The recipe also calls for melted dark chocolate in order to make the ganache for frosting your Black Forest Cake. When it was finished baking, I cut it in half to create a top and bottom layer. Rather than baking the cake in individual layer pans, I simply prepared one large cake in an 8" springform pan.
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The full recipe is below, but I'll give you a few extra tips here. The recipe calls for preparing a simple (but rich) dark chocolate cake and an easy chocolate ganache. It does take a bit of time - so it's a great weekend project for the family! So I grabbed some plastic spiders and a few Halloween decorations and turned it into a pretty scary cake!īut of course, you could decorate this cake more gracefully for a birthday or other lighter celebration.ĭespite the elaborate look of this cake, it was actually a pretty simple recipe that was easy to make. Bake for 18-20 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Or maybe that's just me and my overactive imagination! Prepare brownie mix according to package directions for cake-like brownies spread batter over bottom of Large Bar Pan. The funny thing is though, this Black Forest Cake wasn't actually supposed to be a Halloween cake, but as I was putting it together I thought the chocolate shards surrounding the delicious Black Forest Cake encased inside looked a little like an evil castle.

Heat until just steaming, then remove from the heat and carefully pour over the egg yolk mixture, whisking continuously until fully combined. Pour 450ml whole milk into a large pan and put over a medium-low heat. Last year I made Chocolate Halloween Cookies and this year I decided to take the Halloween baking up a notch. Save this Black forest trifle recipe and more from Donna Hay Magazine, Dec/Jan 2011 (54) to your own online collection at . /rebates/2fr2fblack-forest-trifle-recipe2f5af9fb0884aed0a9d0b1035b&. Put 6 egg yolks, 50g caster sugar and 50g plain flour in a large bowl and whisk until smooth. To get in the spirit of Halloween I also decided to do some Halloween baking. We decided to fully embrace Halloween this year, and went a little bit nuts buying decorations for our house - plastic flying bat decorations, glowing skulls, carved pumpkins, skeletons and fake hands, we have it all.
