Eggless Black Forest Cake

Ingredients

for eggless chocolate cake

• 1 cup whole wheat flour (240 gram)
• 3 tbsp un-sweetened cocoa powder
• ½ tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp baking powder
• a pinch of salt
• ¾ cup sugar
• 1 cup warm
• ¼ cup oil
• 1 tsp lime juice
• ½ tsp vanilla essence

For icing the cake

• 200 ml Heavy whipping cream (chilled)
• 5 tbsp icing sugar
• 3 tbsp chopped red cherries
• 7 to 8 tbsp grated chocolate
• 8 to 10 whole cherries for decoration

Method (How to make black forest cake at home)

Recipe for cake

• Grease a round or square baking pan of 7.5 inches diameter  with oil.
• Preheat your oven to 200 degrees celsius.
• Sieve flour and 3 tbsp cocoa powder, with a pinch of salt, baking powder and baking soda in a bowl.
• Take sugar in another bowl add oil and water and whisk  nicely.
• Add 1 tbsp lime juice and vanilla essence and stir again.
• Now add dry ingredients into the wet mixture. Mix well using a wired whisk to sure no lumps in the batter.
• Pour the batter in to the greased pan.
• Tap two three times cake pan so that the extra air bubbles are let out.
• Bake the cake in a preheated oven for 35 to 40 mins. Or till toothpick inserted came out clean.
• Let the cake cool completely for overnight before frosting.

For icing

• Slice the cake neatly into two even part with a cake slicer or big knife.
• Keep the half of the sliced cake aside.
• Place one slice on flat plate or try for icing.
• Take heavy whipping cream in a deep mixing bowl.
• Add icing sugar and ½ tsp vanilla essence into the cream and start whipping with a electric hand mixer
• On high speed whip the cream till the cream become stiff  or when you get stiff peaks, just stop the mixer or beater.
• Apply some cheery syrup or some sugar syrup on the cake evenly.
• Now spread whipped cream about ¼  inch thick layer all around the cake.
• Add  one layer of chopped red cherries, sprinkle some grated chocolate on top.
• Now cover with other slice of the cake.
• Again brush some sugar syrup or cheery syrup on the top of the cake.
•  Againg spread some cream on the top evenly and spread on the sides or the cake.
• Fill the remaining whipped cream in a piping bag and use any decorative nozzle. decorate the cake with the cream from the piping bag.
• Spread chocolate shaves of the top of the cake, and decorate with whipped cream and whole red cherries.
• Slice and serve the eggless black forest cake.