Original black forest cake #christmas revival

Name: Original black forest cake #christmas revival
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 7 eggs; 2 tsp vanilla essence; 1 cup sugar or caster sugar; 1 cup flour; 1/4 cup alkalised cocoa; 1/2 TSP bicarbonate of soda; For garnish; 250 g strawberries; 80 gm chocolate; For syrup; 1/2 cup sugar; 1 cup water; 1/4 cup rum; 500 ml whip cream

Nyambura Mukururi @cook_9946662

Nairobi

I had sworn never to share my original recipe but its Christmas I'm feeling generous.thank me later.sorry it was soon sweet I remembered to take a PIC when I had already served

Nyambura Mukururi @cook_9946662

Nairobi

I had sworn never to share my original recipe but its Christmas I'm feeling generous.thank me later.sorry it was soon sweet I remembered to take a PIC when I had already served

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Ingredients

7eggs
2 tspvanilla essence
1 cupsugar or caster sugar
1 cupflour
1/4 cupalkalised cocoa
1/2 TSPbicarbonate of soda
For garnish
250 gstrawberries
80 gmchocolate
For syrup
1/2 cupsugar
1 cupwater
1/4 cuprum
Cream
500 mlwhip cream

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Steps

1

Preheat your oven to 180 degrees
2

Butter your pan on the bottom only dust it with flour and put parchment paper.
3

Put all your ingredients together.sift the flour,cocoa and bicarbonate of soda in a separate bowl and set aside
4

Separate the egg whites from egg yolks putting them in a dry bowl make sure its completely dry
5

Whisk the eggwhites
6

Whisk the eggwhites till they turn white and form soft white peaks and also if you turn your bowl upside down it won't pour out
7

Add the yolks and vanilla essence and continue whisking
8

Add the sugar and continue whisking it in till its fully incorporated
9

Add in the sifted flour in two batches while you gently fold it in to the egg mixture to preserve the air
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Put the batter in the baking tin and bake for 40 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean
11

When baked wait 5 minutes before removing it from the tin then run a knife all over the tin and turn it upside down.wait for it to cool for at least 2 hours before you ice
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In the meantime mix the sugar water and put them in pan to heat till the sugar dissolves and reduces a little.when it cools add the rum.choose 4 best looking strawberries to garnish on top the rest dice and put in a little of the syrup and let it soak
13

Whip the cream till soft peak form
14

Cut the cake into 3 equal slices sprinkle generous the syrup on all the layers
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Put a little cream on the board to secure the first layer in place
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Add cream to the layer and garnish with chopped strawberries and the second layer add the cream and strawberries too
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Add the final layer and apply cream all over the cake
18

Grate all your chocolate and sprinkle it all over the top and sides of the pipe abit of cream on the top to help sit strawberries garnish with whole strawberries