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- From: sharon@comlab.oxford.ac.uk (Sharon Curtis)
- Subject: Black Forest Gateau
- Message-ID: <1993Nov8.175339.13030@client41.comlab.ox.ac.uk>
- Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory, UK
- Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1993 17:53:39 GMT
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-
- This is my favourite gateau and I hadn't had it for years, and so
- for my birthday I dug up a recipe and made it for the very first time
- and it turned out wonderfully! So I thought I'd share it with you all.
- The original recipe actually called for 3/4 pint of cream, but I
- ended up using a whole pint (I was generous with the cream in the
- middle layers) and only *just* having enough for the decoration on top.
- YUM.
-
- Sharon
-
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- BLACK FOREST GATEAU
-
- Ingredients:
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- 3 large eggs
- 4 1/2 oz caster sugar
- 3 oz plain flour
- 1/2 oz cocoa powder
- 1 425g/15oz can black cherries
- 2 tsp arrowroot
- 1 pint double cream
- 2-3 tbsps kirsch or brandy
- 3 Cadbury's Flakes
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-
- Method:
-
- Beat the eggs and sugar together until very pale and very thick and the
- beater leaves a trail when lifted. Sift the flour and cocoa together
- twice and fold into the egg mixture. Pour into a greased and lined
- 23cm/9" round deep cake tin.
- Bake in a preheated moderately hot oven (190C/375F/GM5) for about 30 mins
- or until firm to the touch. Cool on a wire rack.
- When the cake is cold cut it into three layers. Drain the cherries,
- reserving the can syrup. Mix 1/2 pint of the syrup (adding water if
- necessary) with the arrowroot in a saucepan and bring to the boil,
- stirring. Simmer until thickened and clear.
- Halve the cherries, remove the stones (pits) and add them to the pan,
- reserving a few for decoration. Cool. Whip the cream until thick.
- Place the bottom cake layer on a serving plate and spread with half
- the cherry mixture and another layer of cream. Cover with the second
- cake layer. Sprinkly with the kirsch or brandy, then spread over the
- remaining cherry mixture and another layer of cream. Put the top layer of
- the cake carefully on the cream.
- Reserving a little cream for decoration, spread the remainder over the
- top and sides of the cake. Make a decorative pattern on the top. Flake
- or grate the chocolate and press most of it onto the sides of the cake.
- Pipe the reserved cream in whirls on top of the cake and decorate with the
- remaining chocolate and reserved cherries.
- Leave the cake for 2-3 hours before serving.
-
- (Serves 8-10)
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