Tuesday, 3 March 2009

Crumb By Crumb In This Big Black Forest

A lot has happened in the last week but my flu-addled brain is still in processing mode. In lieu of a real post, I'm posting photos of the Black Forest Cake I made for my Dad's 65th birthday this weekend (well, technically it was his 16 & 1/4th birthday because he was born on February 29th.)

Start with 2 chocolate cakes, cut in half to create 4 rounds

Sprinkle the cut sides with a mixture of Kirsch and the juice from a tin of sour cherries

Make a mocha butter cream frosting

Whip a shameful amount of cream

Layer the cakes with the frosting and the drained cherries

Cover in whipped cream

Top with chocolate shavings

and candles!

Attempt to serve aesthetically pleasing slices, give up when the cake starts to collapse

Happy Birthday, Dad!
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14 comments:

  1. MLE3 March 2009 at 11:04

    Yay, it looks great! I think it would be cool to have/be a Leap day baby. There's a family somewhere out there that had 3 kids all born on leap day 4 years apart, they were in the Guiness Book of World Records I had when I was a kid.

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  2. Anonymous3 March 2009 at 11:09

    That looks so delicious! I'm supremely jealous of your culinary abilities - I wish I was able to make things like that...

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  3. Nilsa @ SoMi Speaks3 March 2009 at 11:13

    There is nothing better than celebrating a birthday with a homemade cake. Mine is in December - you can start planning now! =)

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  4. Mermanda3 March 2009 at 11:24

    What a good daughter you are! P.S. I am totally jealous of your mixer. I just burned out the engine of my hand held. Sigh.

    (Wedding registry time this weekend... yesss!)

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  5. Marie3 March 2009 at 11:26

    Mmmm....yummy! Looks delish. Happy birthday Hillary's dad!

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  6. addy3 March 2009 at 11:28

    Um, YUM?! Delicious looking cake!

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  7. Katelin3 March 2009 at 11:37

    oh man that looks delicious! happy birthday to your dad! :)

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  8. Lindsay3 March 2009 at 11:40

    Awesome cake, lady! Black Forest is one of my favorites, I may have to copy you and make one myself.

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  9. Anonymous3 March 2009 at 12:15

    I heart Black Forest Cake so much, being German and all! It looks delicious! Can you send me your recipe?

    What day does your dad celebrate his b-day on when it's not a leap year? That would be so strange!

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  10. Angella3 March 2009 at 13:25

    Happy Birthday to your Dad!! He's such a sweetheart :)

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  11. jess3 March 2009 at 18:05

    you found a recipe! and this looks SOOOO yummy!

    i love cherry sauce and cherry flavoring, but NOT squishy canned cherries. fresh or dried cherries are ok.

    miss you!

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  12. Anonymous4 March 2009 at 06:05

    Oh, dear God. I want that for breakfast. Please?

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  13. 3carnations4 March 2009 at 06:35

    Oh my gosh, that looks SO GOOD. It's not fair to have a post like that without somehow providing samples. :)

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  14. Lemon Gloria4 March 2009 at 09:34

    This looks like one seriously kick-ass cake. I clicked on one of the pictures, and it looks so moist I seriously wanted to lick my monitor.

    Which is creepy enough in itself, and then what if someone caught me doing that?

    I didn't. Just so you know.

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