Eggless Black Forest Cake

Main Equipment

Oven for baking

Measuring Cups and Spoons

Greased and Foiled Container for Baking

Ingredients( for the bread)

1 cup Multi-grain Whole Wheat flour

4 tbsps cocoa powder

½ cup powdered sugar

1 ¼ tsp baking powder

½ tsp baking soda

½ cup yoghurt

½ cup heart-healthy vegetable oil/ margarine of choice

¼ cup apple juice

Ingredients( for the icing)

1 cup unsalted white butter

1 cup powdered sugar 1 tbsp

cornflour 1 tsp vanilla essence

¼ cup cherries

¼ cup choco chips¼ cup apple

juice

Preparation of the Bread

1. Soak cherries in ¼ cup apple juice overnight.

2. Beat yoghurt and sugar till light and fluffy( this will take around 15 mins of good beating)

3. Mix baking powder and baking soda with the yoghurt mixture and set aside for 3 mins.

4. Add the cocoa powder. Add ¼ cup apple juice( this is to mimic the effect of rum in baking).

5. Add oil 6. Mix the above ingredients in the mixture till a light and fluffy

mixture results7. Add sieved flour and beat till you obtain a light and fluffy

homogenous mixture again( the key to soft and fluffy cakes is good beating. The more you beat, the better.

8. Pour the cake batter into a foiled baking round container as shown in the picture(Eggless cakes bake well in round containers).

Preparation of the Bread

1. Preheat the oven at 200 degrees centigrade2. Bake the cake batter at 200 degrees

centigrade for 10 mins3. Bake at 180 degrees for 30-35 minutes or till

a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.

Preparation of the Bread

Slice the cake into two as shown with a sharp knife to apply frosting

Preparation of the Frosting

This is the cake frosting. Mix the cornflour, butter, vanilla essence and powdered sugar to obtain this vanilla frosting which you can apply on the cake. Along with this, prepare a mixture of cherries soaked in apple juice, separately.

Frosting the Middle Layer of the Cake

•Frosting the cake is a real simple job !•All you have to do is to spread the icing that you prepared on the bottom and top slices of the cake to form the middle layer of icing. •After spreading the icing mixture generously on the bottom layer, spread the cherry mixture on it.•Put the top layer of cake on the frosted bottom layer.You have made the bottom layer.

Frosting the top Layer

Frosting the top layer is easy !

•Spread the frosting generously on the top layer and the sides of the cake.•Sprinkle choco-chips on the top( Ideally you should be using chocolate shavings).•Place the cherries on the cake •Refrigerate the cake before serving