Black Forest Gateau

I made this Black Forest Gateau for my husband's birthday last December.

This pictures does no justice to the cake at all.


Ingredients For the Chocolate Cake

3 cups all purpose flour
1 3/4 cup sugar (make it 2 cups if you plan not to frost the cake)
6tbsp or 1/2 a cup of Hershey's cocoa powder
2 tsp baking soda
a pinch of salt
2 cups of hot water
3/4 up of vegetable oil
2 tbsp white vinegar
1 tbsp vanilla extract

Bake the cake with all the above ingredients at 350 F. I used two six inch tins to bake two cakes.

For the Frosting 
Cherry Compote - 3 tbsp
Whipped Cream 
Grated Chocolate 
Maraschino cherries


Once the cake is completely cooled, level them if needed.
Whip the cream till peaks appear adding one or two tbsp of icing sugar.
Cook the cherries in two tbsp of sugar and two tbsp of water until shiny.
Let it cool.

Assembling the cake

Spread the cherry compote on top of one of the chocolate cakes
Spread the whipped cream.
Place another chocolate cake on top and spread the whipped cream all around the cake.
Once neatly done, sprinkle the grated chocolate on all the sides of the cake.
Decorate the top of the cake with whipped cream and cherries and sprinkle some more grated chocolate.

Enjoy!!!