Desserts Black Forest Gateau

Serves : 8 - 10

Preparation Time: 10 minutes

Cooking Time: 15-20 minutes, plus cooling

Black Forest Gateau Recipe Vegetarian

Ingredients

  • 1 x Jacks chocolate cake mix
  • 2 eggs
  • 300ml double cream
  • 2 tbsp icing sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • ½ lemon, zested
  • 2 tbsp rum/kirsch (optional)
  • 1 x 400g tin black cherry pie filling
  • 200g fresh cherries
  • 100g blueberries Squirty cream, as needed
  • 10g dark chocolate

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 190°C, fan 170°C, gas mark 5. Grease and line the base of 2 x 20cm round cake tins.

  2. Tip the cake mixture into a bowl, add the eggs and 120ml water and beat for 2 minutes until thick and smooth.

  3. Divide between the cake tins and place in the oven for 15 -18 minutes until risen and spring back when pressed gently.

  4. Remove and allow to cool on a wire rack until cold. Decant from the tin and remove the baking paper.

  5. Pour the double cream into a large bowl, add the icing sugar, vanilla and lemon zest then whisk until firm peaks form.

  6. Place one cake onto a serving plate. Pile the cream onto the . Spoon ¾ of the cherry pie filling over the cream then top with the second cake.

  7. Pipe the rest of the cream over the top then spoon the remaining cherry pie filling into the centre.

  8. Top with the cherries and blueberries, squirty cream then using a speedy peeler, grate the chocolate over the top of the cake.

  9. Keep in the fridge until needed.