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Thursday, September 08, 2005

Dude, you gonna eat that?


As if my blog wasn't random enough. Here's a recipe for a cake my wife made me not that long ago, and a healthy reason to go to the liquor store.


BLACK "FORREST" CAKE
2 cups sifted cake flour
2 cups sugar
3/4 cup cocoa
1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 cup teaspoon salt
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup sour cream, divided
1/2 cup milk
1/3 cup kirsch or cherry flavor brandy
2 large eggs
2 egg yolks
4 cups whipping cream
1/3 cup sifted powdered sugar
2 tablespoons kirsch or cherry brandy
2 (21-oz) cans cherry pie filling

Grease 2 (9 inch) cake pans; line bottoms with wax paper. Grease wax paper and sides of pans and dust with flour or cocoa.

Combine first 6 ingredients and add shortening and 1/4 cup sour cream. Beat on low speed for 30 seconds or until well moistened. Add rest of sour cream, milk and first measurement kirsch. Beat at medium speed for 1 1/2 minutes. Add eggs and egg yolks, beating after each addition for 20 seconds.

Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake at 350F for 30 to 35 minutes until center tests done. Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove from pans; remove wax paper and cool completely on wire racks. Split cake layers in half by marking with toothpicks and sawing in two with dental floss.

Place knife blade in food processor. Break 1 cake layer into pieces and pulse in processor or blender until it resembles fine crumbs. Set aside.

Beat whipping cream until foamy; gradually add powdered sugar until soft peaks form. Add 2 tablespoons kirsch, beating until stiff peaks form. Reserve 1 1/2 cups whipped cream as garnish.

Place 1 cake layer on plate; spread with 1 cup whip cream and top with 1 cup cherry pie filling. Repeat procedure and top with last cake layer. Frost top and side of cake with whipped cream. Pat Cake crumbs around sides of cake. Pipe or dollop remaining 1 1/2 cups whipped cream around top exterior edges of cake; spoon 1 cup pie filling in center.

Cover and chill 8 hours.


Scrum-dilly-umptious neighbor!

Bazooka-Joe made it so at 8:33 AM

3 Comments:

  • At September 08, 2005 7:32 PM, Blogger Dan added:

    Take this opportunity to thank God for the good cook your lovely wife is. Us guys fending for ourselves are eatin' beef jerky, bananas and Gatorade tonight. Woo hoo... :-P

    Dan |  

  • At September 08, 2005 11:07 PM, Blogger Michael added:

    Wow, as good as this cake looks to eat I'm afraid I don't have the patients to "wait 8 hours for it to chill" or "add garnashing" . . . . . hmm looks like we have a few oreos left maybe I'll have some of those instead. I think its for reasons like you have a wife who is willing to go to the work to make such a tasty treat for you that the Proverb says: "Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favor of the Lord." Pr. 18:22 |  

  • At September 09, 2005 6:36 AM, Blogger Bazooka-Joe added:

    MDS!!! You got yourself a blog I see. Tre' cool. Them R some kind words you fellas got there 'bout my wife. You nailed it on the head too. It's all about her, she's an amazing woman with a serious nack for tasty culinary treats. Next time she makes one, I'll see how hard it would be to make two and maybe we'll just make a surprise delivery er something. |  

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