Blackforest Cake

Source: Zan's Treats

Ingredients:
(A) 50g Self-raising flour
      15g Cornflour
      1/4 tsp Baking powder
      5g Cocoa powder

Note: Sift all the above

(B) 35g Corn oil
      3 Egg Yolk (Original calls for 2-1/2 eggs)
      43g Water
      1/4 tsp Chocolate Paste / Flavour

Note: Hand whisk all the above

(C) 3 Egg White (Original calls for 2-1/2 eggs)
      1/4 tsp Cream of Tartar
      60g Sugar

Note: Make Meringue

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 180 deg. C.  Line a parchment paper of 6" / 7" round pan
2. Mix ingredient (A) & (B) until smooth batter
3. Fold in (C) into the mixture of A+B batter.
4. Pour into a prepared round baking pan & bake for 25 mins.

Filling:

50g Dark pitted Cherries

14g sugar

6-8 Red Maraschino cherries with stalks

20g boiled syrup (cherries syrup)

1 tsp cornflour

200g whipped cream

Directions:

1. Boil the pitted cherries with sugar till the sugar is dissolved.  Set aside to cool completely
2. Boil the syrup together with cornflour.   Set aside.

Assembly:

1. Dab cooled syrup on the first layer.
2. Apply a layer of whipped cream
3. Arrange dark cherries
4. Place 2nd layer of cake & decorate with cherries.