Recipe#11352

Title: Blackforest Cake 05

Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes 
 From: dartji@gdss.grumman.com (Jim Dart) 
 Subject: Black Forest Cake 
 Message-ID: Cs1zoJ.9Ft@gdss.grumman.com 
 Date: Fri, 1 Jul 1994 03:08:49 GMT 
 Organization: Grumman Data Systems 

4  eggs
 3/4 tsp vanilla
 2/3 c sugar
 1/3 c cocoa
 1/3 c sifted flour
 6 Tbs clarified butter
 1/2 c sugar
 3/4 c water
 1/4 c kirsch
 1 c pitted dark cherries, drained and soaked in the kirsch
 2 c heavy cream, whipped
 1/3 c  confectioner's sugar
 chocolate curls and maraschino cherries for garnish.
 Beat for ten minutes at high speed eggs, vanilla, and 2/3 c sugar.
 sift together flour and cocoa, fold into egg mixture. add melted
 butter, stir until JUST mixed. pour into 3 greased and floured 6''
 round pans.  Bake in 350 oven for 10-15 mins
 Cool in pans 5 mins, remove and cool on racks.
 Combine 1/2 c sugar and water in saucepan. boil 5 minutes. cool to
 lukewarm and add kirsch sprinkle over cake layers. Fold confectioner's
 sugar into whipped cream. spread one layer of cake with cream,
 sprinkle on 1/2 the cherries. put second layer on top and repeat.
 put last layer on top and frost top and sides with remaining cream.
 Garnish.