Black Forest Cake

Ingredients :
 Refined flour – 60 gms
 Cocoa powder – 60 gms
 Baking powder – ¼ tsp
 Soda bi-carb – a pinch
 Sugar – 120 gms
 Eggs – 4
 Melted butter – 120 gms
 Vanilla essence – 2 drops
For decoration:
 Whipped cream – 200 gms
 Grated chocolate – 15 gms
 Walnuts or broken cashew nuts
or cherries – 50 gms

Method :
 Line and grease two 175 mm diameter cake
tins.
 Sift flour, cocoa, soda bicarb and baking
powder together twice.
 Beat eggs and sugar over hot water till thick
like custard sauce. Add vanilla essence.
 Fold in lightly the sieved flour and melted butter, adding a little water to
get pouring consistency.
 Put the mixture in the tins and bake at 400º F for about 20 minutes.
 Cool and sandwich together with the fresh cream and put a thick layer of
cream on top

 Finish off the decoration with chopped nuts on the sides and grated
chocolate on top.