Classic Black Forest cake | Tastelist.com.au

Ingredients

• 6 large eggs
• 7 at room temperature
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 1 1/4 Cups caster sugar (superfine sugar)
• 1/2 Cup dutch processed cocoa powder (or unsweetened regular cocoa power)
• 2/3 Cup plain flour (all-purpose flour)
• 150 g unsalted butter(melted and cooled)
• 670 g oz pitted morello cherries in syrup sour cherries
• 2 drained and juice reserved
• 1/3 Cup kirsch or cherry liqueur optional sub with more reserved cherry juice
• 1/2 Cup caster sugar (superfine sugar)
• 4 teaspoons cornflour cornstarch
• 4 cups litre thickened heavy cream
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1/3 Cup soft icing sugar powdered sugar Australia(Not pure icing sugar)
• 100 g oz dark chocolate bittersweet chocolate
• 12 maraschino or fresh cherries (for decorating top of cake)