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Black Forest Tart
Melissa Jacobs

Black Forest Tart

5 from 2 votes
Trust us when we say, this black forest tart may take an hour to make but once it's done it will certainly be eaten in under an hour.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 39 minutes
Total Time 59 minutes
Servings: 12
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 ½ cups flour
  • 1 ½ cups sugar
  • ¾ cup dark cocoa powder
  • ¾ tsp baking powder
  • ¾ tsp salt
  • 2 large eggs
  • ¾ cups buttermilk
  • ¾ cup hot water
  • ¼ cup vegetable oil
  • 1 tsp vanilla
TOPPING
  • machino cherries
  • 1 cup chocolate flakes
  • 50 ml castor sugar
  • 50 ml cherry liqueur
  • 250 ml fresh cream
  • 100 ml cream cheese

Method
 

  1. Mix the hot water and cocoa powder together
  2. Set aside
  3. Beat the eggs and sugar
  4. Add the dry ingredients
  5. Add the wet ingredients and mix well
  6. Pour into a greased oven pie dish, bake in a preheated oven 180 degrees, for 35 minutes.
  7. Pour the cherry liqueur over the hot cake
  8. Whip the fresh cream
  9. Add the cream cheese and castor sugar
  10. Spread over the cooled cake
  11. Decorate with chocolate and cherries