Black Forest Cake

Ingredients

1 tsp baking powder
1 oz cocoa powder
2 oz butter
2½ oz flour
3 eggs
4 oz sugar

For icing

1 tin cherry
1 tin pineapple (optional)
1 packet cream
1 bar of bitter chocolate
4 tbsp icing sugar

Method

Melt butter and allow it to cool. Sieve flour, cocoa powder and baking powder. Beat eggs and sugar till thick and creamy.

Fold half the flour in the mixture and the remaining flour with melted butter. Grease pan and pour the mixture in it. Bake for 25-30 minutes in a pre-heated oven at 180°c.

Beat cream with icing sugar until thick and fluffy. Cut the cake into half horizontally, pour cherry syrup on it and then spread the cream. Place a few cherries and pineapple pieces. Cover the cake and decorate with cream and grated chocolate.