Black Forest Naked Cake

Black Forest Naked Cake

Let’s get naked

Never made a naked cake before? Me neither. I’ve always been a keen frosting-all-over sort of girl, which is a little weird seeing as neither myself or my wife are super into icing. But I was inspired by this S’mores Layer Cake from Brown Eyed Baker(which is one of the most heart-eyes-emoji cakes you’ve ever seen, right?) to give this naked “Milk Bar” style cake a try.

My absolute favourite layer cake, this Milk Bar style Black Forest Naked Cake is packed full of cherries, whipped cream, and dark chocolate ganache. It's much easier to make than it looks and tastes incredible!

Course: Cakes, Dessert

Prep Time: 1 Hour

Cook Time: 30 Minutes

Freezing / Chilling Time: 15 Hours

Total Time: 1 Hour 30 Minutes

Servings: 10 people

Author: Charlotte

Ingredients

For The Chocolate Sheet Cake

• 115 g unsalted butter room temperature

• 300 g caster sugar (US granulated sugar)

• 3 large eggs

• 120 ml buttermilk

• 60 ml sunflower or canola oil

• 3 tablespoons chocolate fudge sauce

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

• 1 teaspoon instant coffee granules

• 130 g plain or all-purpose flour

• 15 g cornflour or cornstarch

• 70 g cocoa powder

• 1½ teaspoons baking powder

• 1 teaspoon salt

For The Cherry Filling

• 450 g fresh or frozen cherries pitted

• 50 g caster sugar (US granulated sugar)

• 2 tablespoons cornflour or cornstarch

For The Dark Chocolate Ganache

• 80 g dark or semi-sweet chocolate chips

• 60 ml double or heavy cream

For The Cherry Drizzle

• 2 tablespoons kirsch (cherry liqueur) optional - see method

• 4 tablespoons cherry juice

For The Whipped Cream Filling

• 480 ml double or heavy cream

• 5 tablespoons icing sugar or confectioner's sugar

To Assemble The Cake

• 12 fresh cherries for decoration optional

• Six inch cake ring

• 20 inches baking acetate

Instructions

For The Chocolate Sheet Cake

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C / 350°F (160°C fan) and grease and line a 20cm x 30cm (12in x 8in) cake tin with baking parchment or greaseproof paper.

2. Cream the butter and sugar together in your stand mixer, or in a large bowl if using a hand mixer, until well combined. Add the eggs (all at once is fine) and beat on high until completely mixed together.

3. Place the buttermilk, sunflower oil, chocolate fudge sauce, vanilla extract, and instant coffee granules into a smaller jug or bowl and mix together until the coffee has dissolved. Pour this into the bowl with the butter/sugar mix, and beat well on high for a few minutes, scraping down the bowl as and when necessary.

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