Does making a Black Forest cake seem like a task to you? Well preparing a Black Forest Cake isn’t as difficult as it looks like. A Black Forest cake is easy to make with the right instructions and a little care. If you want your Black Forest cake to turn out like a dream then keep reading.

Things you will need

• Baking Flour (Maida)
• Baking Soda
• A baking pan
• Salt to taste
• Cherries
• Cookies
• Butter
• Sugar
• Condensed Milk (Sweet)
• Whipped Cream (Fresh)
• A plain chocolate bar
• Cocoa powder
• A knife
• A few bowls
• A baking oven
• A spatula
• A foil covered cardboard
• Mint leaves
• Aerated Cola

How to prepare a Black Forest Cake

• Smear melted butter in a baking pan with the help of a brush. Now powder some cookies and lay it over the buttered bottom. Dust flour on the sides of the baking pan. Set this aside
• Now take a bowl. Sieve the baking flour into the bowl. Ensure there are no lumps in the flower.  Now take add butter, sugar and condensed milk to the flour. Blend it. While you are blending it add baking soda, cocoa powder and salt in this mixture. Now blend it well. Blend it with care so that there are no air pockets in the mix.
• Now add aerated cola to this batter and mix it well. Just make sure the mix does not become watery it has to thick dough like, brownish batter.
• After this mix is ready, lay this batter slowly into the baking pan smeared with butter and with the layer of cookie.
• Shake the baking pan and tap it lightly over the table so that the batter sits flat.
• Smoothen out the fine lines with a Spatula.
• Put the baking pan in the oven at 350F and bake for 45 minutes.
• If you see the cake rising, pierce it with a knife and check if the knife comes out clean. This means the cake is ready.
• Once the cake is baked remove it out and let it cool. Let it cool for at least 30 minutes. Then slice the cake horizontally. Never try to do this when the cake is hot or you will have the cake breaking into crumbs.
• When you turn the baking pan over the top covered with crushed cookie layer will be the last one.
• Lay this layer on a cardboard covered with foil paper first.
• Now take the cream and whip it. Whip it till is light and fluffy. Now frost the cake. Spread cream and crushed cherry on the cake and start making layers of cake and cream.
• Now frost the cake with whipped cream and top it with cherries and mint.
• Now scrape the chocolate bar and dress it all over the cake.

A good black forest cake tastes good if it is light and spongy. So go easy on the baking soda, less sugar and a loving hand. So the next time you want to celebrate a special birthday bake a special black forest yourself!