Easy Dressed Up Black Forest Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Grease two 8- or 9-inch round cake pans, or spray with baking spray with flour.
• Make and bake cake as directed on box for 8- or 9-inch rounds. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
• In medium bowl, beat whipping cream with electric mixer on high speed until slightly thickened. Gradually beat in powdered sugar until stiff peaks form. Fold in brandy. In another small bowl, mix pie filling and almond extract.
• On serving plate, place 1 cake layer, rounded side down. Spread with half of the whipped cream, then 1 cup cherry mixture to within 1 inch of edge. Top with second layer, rounded side up. Frost top with remaining whipped cream. Spoon remaining cherry mixture over top. Sprinkle with sliced almonds. Store covered in refrigerator.

Steps:

• Mix cherry pie filling and almond extract.
• While cake is still warm, poke top all over with fork and spread the cherry filling mixture all over the top.
• When you prepare vanilla pudding, make it as directed on box, but add the vanilla extract to it with the milk.
• Fold Cool Whip into pudding.
• Spread pudding mixture over cake, covering the cherry pie filling.
• Decorate with chocolate sprinkles and cherries.
• Chill until serving time.

Steps:

• Cut a piece of parchment paper to 6 by 15 inches. Spread the chocolate on the center of the parchment to 1/8-inch thickness using a large offset spatula. Roll up the parchment from a short end and place in the refrigerator until firm, 20 to 30 minutes.
• Unroll the chocolate on a work surface. Place the curved chocolate pieces upright around the sides of the cake. Lightly dust the chocolate pieces with luster dust using a kitchen paintbrush. Spread the pie filling on top of the cake. Transfer the whipped cream to a piping bag fitted with a large star tip. Pipe swirls of whipped cream on top of the cake. Garnish with the maraschino cherries.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 8-inch round cake pans.
• Beat cake mix, water, eggs, and oil in a large bowl with an electric mixer on low speed until combined, about 30 seconds. Increase speed to medium and continue to beat, scraping bowl occasionally, until batter is smooth, about 2 minutes. Divide batter between prepared pans.
• Bake cakes in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the centers comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool in the pans, about 5 minutes. Invert onto a wire rack and cool completely, about 1 hour. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate, 8 hours to overnight.
• Beat heavy cream in a chilled glass or metal bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until stiff peaks form, about 5 minutes.
• Cut each cake in half horizontally with a bread knife, to make 4 layers. Place one layer on a serving plate. Spread 1/4 of the whipped cream on top. Top with 1/3 of the cherry pie filling; spread evenly. Place second cake layer on top. Repeat layering whipped cream, cherry pie filling, and cake layers, ending with whipped cream on top.
• Grate chocolate bar or shave into curls with a peeler; scatter on top of whipped cream.
• Refrigerate cake until flavors combine, about 2 hours.

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350°. Grease 2 (9-inch) round cake pans, and dust with cocoa. Set aside. 2. Beat cake mix and next 7 ingredients at low speed with an electric mixer 1 minute; beat at medium speed 2 minutes. Fold in chopped chocolate. Pour batter into prepared pans. 3. Bake at 350° for 30 to 32 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks, and cool completely on wire rack. Wrap and chill cake layers at least 1 hour or up to 24 hours. 4. Using a serrated knife, slice cake layers in half horizontally to make 4 layers. Place 1 layer, cut side up, on cake plate. Spread one-third of cheesecake filling over cake; top with one-third of cherry pie filling. Repeat procedure twice with remaining cheesecake filling and cherry filling. Place final cake layer on top of cake; cut side down. Spread chocolate fudge frosting on top and sides of cake. Cover and chill in refrigerator until ready to serve. Garnish, if desired. Store in refrigerator. Test Kitchen Tip: We tested this recipe with Philadelphia ready-to-eat cheesecake filling. You'll find it in the dairy case with cream cheese products.

Steps:

• pre heat oven to 325(mine is a comvection oven).
• mix together all ingredients
• spray pam into the pan.
• put onto a 9 x 13 non stick cake pan.
• bake about 40min.
• cool one hour
• put in ice box after first use also can do after cooling before serving.
• top with a cool whip or whipped cream if you like.

Steps:

• In bowl, beat eggs and almond extract.
• Stir in cherry pie filling and chocolate chips.
• Thorougly mix in DRY cake mix.
• Spread in greased 9x13 inch pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
• Cool.
• Make glaze by melting chocolate chips and butter.
• Add milk and icing sugar and mix until smooth.
• Spread on cake.
• Serve as is or with whipped cream.

Steps:

• Spray 2 8" or 9" pans with non-stick cooking spray. Prepare cake mix with water, eggs and vegetable oil called for on cake mix directions. Split batter evenly between both pans and bake, following directions on back of cake mix box. Let cakes cool completely and remove from pans.
• In a large bowl, mix together cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla until smooth. Fold in Cool Whip. Divide evenly and spread half of whipped cream mixture over each cake.
• Top each cake with cherry pie filling. Refrigerate cakes until ready to serve.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 8-inch round cake pans.
• Beat cake mix, water, eggs, and oil in a large bowl with an electric mixer on low speed until combined, about 30 seconds. Increase speed to medium and continue to beat, scraping bowl occasionally, until batter is smooth, about 2 minutes. Divide batter between prepared pans.
• Bake cakes in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the centers comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool in the pans, about 5 minutes. Invert onto a wire rack and cool completely, about 1 hour. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate, 8 hours to overnight.
• Beat heavy cream in a chilled glass or metal bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until stiff peaks form, about 5 minutes.
• Cut each cake in half horizontally with a bread knife, to make 4 layers. Place one layer on a serving plate. Spread 1/4 of the whipped cream on top. Top with 1/3 of the cherry pie filling; spread evenly. Place second cake layer on top. Repeat layering whipped cream, cherry pie filling, and cake layers, ending with whipped cream on top.
• Grate chocolate bar or shave into curls with a peeler; scatter on top of whipped cream.
• Refrigerate cake until flavors combine, about 2 hours.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Spoon pie filling into a greased 12-in. cast-iron or ovenproof skillet. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, flour and vanilla until blended. Gently beat in eggs. Pour over pie filling. Prepare cake mix according to package directions; spoon over cream cheese layer., Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 40-45 minutes. Cool 10 minutes before inverting onto a serving plate. If needed, spoon cherries from pan over cake. Top with whipped cream.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to GM4 (180C, 350F)
• Mix hot water into cocoa to form a smooth paste.
• In a large mixing bowl cream the butter and sugar with a hand mixer until pale and around double the original volume.
• Break the eggs and beat them until yolk and white are mixed.
• Combine the eggs and cocoa paste with the butter/sugar mixture.
• Sift in the flour and the baking powder and fold them into the mixture.
• Stir n the milk.
• Bake in one 8 inch cake tin at least 2 inches tall for 35 minutes, or one 9 inch tin for 30 mins (You could do this in two separate sandwich tins, but I have no idea how long it would take to bake!).
• Leave the cake for 15 minutes to cool before turning out. Leave for another 5 and then use a sharp bread knife to slice the cake in half.
• Beat the whipping cream and castor sugar until the cream stiffens.
• Pile whipped cream and cherries on top of bottom slice of cake; replace upper slice and cover this with whipped cream and slightly more delicately placed cherries!