Black Forest cake

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Ingredients

Serves 8

• 1 ½ lb (700 g) cherries preserved in brandy
  
• 9 oz (250 g) powdered sugar
  
• 4 eggs
  
• 1 tsp lemon juice
  
• ¼ cup (6 cl) water
  
• 4 ½ oz (125 g) butter
  
• 7 oz (200 g) all-purpose wheat flour
  
• 1 ¾ oz (50 g) corn flour
  
• 1 tsp powdered yeast
  
• 1 ¾ oz (50 g) cocoa
  
• 2 tbsp kirsch
  
• 2 cups (50 cl) single cream
  
• 2 tbsp (25 g) icing sugar
  
• 1 bar baking chocolate

Preparation

Preparation of ingredients:

• One day prior to serving:
  
• Separate the egg whites from the yolks
  
• Melt the butter
  
• Butter the cake mold Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C)
  
• Day cake is served:
  
• Remove the pits from the cherries, if necessary
  
• With a potato peeler or a grater, create chocolate shavings from the bar of baking chocolate

Preparation:

• One day prior to serving:
  
• In a large bowl, put the sugar and egg yolks and beat them until the mixture whitens
  
• Add the melted butter and mix
  
• Pour in the both types of flour little by little along with the yeast and cocoa while stirring continuously
  
• Beat the egg whites until very stiff by adding at the end the spoonful of lemon juice
  
• Very carefully add the egg whites to the mixture
  
• Pour this final mixture into the buttered mold and bake in the oven for 45 minutes
  
• Verify proper baking time with a knife blade: the cake should unstick from the mold easily
  
• Turn the cake out of the mold and allow it sit all night or all day

Day cake is served:

• Assembling the cake:
  
• Whisk the very cold single cream into whipped cream; add the icing sugar and whisk again
  
• Cut the cake horizontally into 5 thin slices
  
• Place the first slice on a serving tray, soak it with kirsch, place cherries on top and cover with whipped cream; add the second slice, cover with whipped cream, and finish off with another slice of cake
  
• Using a spatula, cover the whole cake with whipped cream; next, sprinkle with chocolate shavings and keep cool (not too long due to the whipped cream) until ready to be eaten

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