Black Forest Cherry Cake

Recipe Cuisine: German
Recipe Category: German
Recipe Serves: 8

Recipes Ingredients:

1 x ------------cake------------
6 ea Eggs; large
1 c Sugar
1 ts Vanilla extract
4 oz Unsweetened bakingchocolate*
1 c Flour; sifted
1 x -----------syrup------------
1/4 c Sugar
1/3 c ;water
2 tb Kirsch
1 x ----------filling----------- 1
1/2 c Confectioners sugar
1/3 c Butter; unsalted
1 ea Egg yolk; large
2 tb Kirsch liquer
1 x ----------topping-----------
2 c Sour cherries; canned, drain
2 tb Confectioners sugar
1 c Cream; heavy, whipped
8 oz Semisweet Chocolate bar (1)

Recipe Instructions:

* There should be 4 squares of Chocolate and it should be melted. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++ CAKE: Beat eggs, sugar, and vanilla together until thick and fluffy, about 10 minutes. Alternately fold Chocolate and flour into the Egg mixture, ending with flour. Pour the batter into 3 8-inch Cake pans that have been well greased and floured. Bake in a preheated 350 degree F. Oven for 10 to 15 minutes or until a Cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool cakes in pans for 5 minutes; turn out on racks to cool completely. SYRUP: Make Syrup by mixing together Sugar and water and boiling for 5 minutes. When Syrup has cooled, stir in kirsch. Prick the Cake layers and pour Syrup over all 3 layers. FILLING: To make the butter-cream filling, beat together Sugar and Butter until well blended. Add Egg yolk; beat until light and fluffy, about 3 to 5 minutes. Fold in Kirsch. Cake ASSEMBLY: To assemble cake, place 1 layer on a Cake plate. Spread with Butter cream filling. Using 3/4 cup of the cherries, which have been patted dry, drop cherries evenly over cream. Place second layer on cake. Repeat. Place third layer on top. Fold 2 T confectioners' Sugar into the whipped cream. Cover the sides and top of the Cake with whipped cream. Decorate top of Cake with remaining 1/2 cup cherries. To make Chocolate curls from Chocolate bar, shave (at room temperature) with a Vegetable peeler. Refrigerate curls until ready to use. Press Chocolate curls on sides of Cake and sprinkle a few on the top. Chill until serving time.