Eggless Black Forest Cake

About the Recipe

Timeless chocolate cake with layers of chocolate cake filled with sweetened whipped cream and cherries, topped with chocolate shavings is everyone’s favourite. A perfect dessert to celebrate any occasion!! This eggless version can be had by vegetarians too. Use Oddy Ecobake to demold the cake without any hassle.

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Ingredients

Oddy Ecobake
For Chocolate Sponge Cake: Chocolate Cake Premix- 2+ 1/4 cup, refined oil- 5 tbsp, water- 1 cup+ 1/4 cup
For Icing: Heavy whipping cream (Sweetened)- 2 cup
For Chocolate Ganache: Chopped Dark compound chocolate- 1/4 cup, milk- 2 tbsp, cherries and chocolate shavings for decoration

Directions

Line the 8-inch cake tin with Oddy Ecobake. Oddy Ecobake helps in easy demolding of the cake. For the sponge in a bowl add chocolate cake premix, oil and water. Whisk and mix well to avoid any lumps. Smooth batter is ready.
Transfer in the cake tin. Tap the tin to avoid any lumps. Preheat the kadai for 5 mins on medium flame. Bake the cake for 40-45 mins on low to medium flame. In oven you can bake on 180 degrees for 40 mins. After 40 mins remove from heat and allow the cake to cool down completely.
For frosting, in a bowl add whipping cream and beat well till stiff peaks are visible. Refrigerate the whipping cream for some time. In a bowl add dark chocolate and milk microwave for 2-3 mins. Our Ganache is ready.
Demold the cake and cut the sponge into 3 layers. To assemble the cake, apply some cream on cake board and add one layer of sponge. Apply sugar syrup to soak the cake. Spread whipping cream and sprinkle grated chocolate on top. Repeat the same for second layer.
Add third layer of sponge and soak with sugar syrup. Add whipping cream and cover the whole cake. Smooth out the cake from the sides and top. Pour chocolate ganache in piping bag and decorate the cake with drip design.
Make flower design on top and cherry on it. Sprinkle chocolate shavings on top. Our Eggless Black Forest cake is ready.