Hello all– Chocolate cake, chocolate chips, chocolate sauce with fresh cherries and cream. That about sums it up. Loved this rich and creamy cake and I’m hoping you will too, while cherries are at the market bright and juicy.
TRIPLE CHOCOLATE BLACK FOREST CAKE
1 chocolate cake mix
1/2 cup canola oil
1 1/4 cup water
3 eggs
1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
1/2 cup chocolate ice cream topping*
1 cup fresh cherries, pitted, chopped
2 tab. almond kirsch or amaretto
1 pint heavy whipping cream
2 tab. powdered sugar
2 tab. vanilla instant pudding powder**
garnish: fresh stemmed cherries
With an electric mixer, make the cake according to the directions on the box (mine called for 1/2 cup oil, 1 1/4 cup water & 3 eggs). Spoon the batter into a 9″ x 13″ baking dish or a 10″ spring form cake pan that has been sprayed with cooking spray.
Bake the cake according the directions on the box. Out of the oven let the cake cool completely. Then poke holes into the cake with the handle end of a wooden spoon. Drizzle the ice cream topping over the cake and into the holes. (If the topping is too thick to drizzle, put it in the microwave for 15-20 seconds).
Chop the pitted cherries and mix them in a bowl with the kirsch or amaretto. Then spoon them evenly over the top of the cake.
Whip the cream with the whisk attachment of an electric mixer until it is well set. Beat in the powdered sugar and pudding mix. Then spoon the thickened cream over the cake and set it in the fridge for 30 minutes or more to make sure the cream is firm.
Garnish with the stemmed cherries and then serve it up to friends…
*I used Smuckers Dark Chocolate Ice Cream Topping
**The pudding mix thickens and stabilizes the cream.
I love the addition of ice cream, what a great idea!! Your photos are amazing 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Rita– so kind. Your banana cream cake looks so cool & summery!
I love the idea of this. I don’t love the idea of pitting all those cherries though. Can’t someone invent seedless cherries? Am I asking for too much? 😉 -Kat
ha ha ha! I’m totally with you on that Kat. It’s so tedious. And you that in the past, I’ve missed a pit or two and my eaters have complained! Seedless cherries should be a thing! Happy day there to you Kat. Wonder what you are up to… xox
Oh dear . . . wow!
You’re so cute Lacey– thanks!
Yum!!! Looks soo good. Also love the picture of the cherries. Really simple and colour really pops. Great post!
Thanks Sam! I like the cherries too- so bright and fresh. Loved peeking around your blog– so many intriguing places!
Thanks so much, glad you liked it. Hopefully with lots more exciting places to come 😁
Very well done (:
I like how you chopped up a big bunch of cherries and scattered them over the top. When I learned to make this at cookery school, we only used a few and I wish we put more on (:
Hi Nick– thanks. sounds so fun going to “cookery school!” I’m guessing you are British. Is that right??
Yer it was.
I am Australian (:
This looks amazing, Black Forest is my husband’s favorite. Definitely need to try this, thanks for sharing!
Hi Navneet– hope he likes it! Your yogurt blueberry bars look so bright & fresh! thanks.
thank you so much 🙂
looks delicious
thanks Peg!! xo
OMG, this looks so delicious. I’m drooling actually. Fresh cherries + ice cream = tastes like heaven! Thanks for sharing this Rhonda! 🙂
Hey Lilly– I know. Don’t yo love fresh cherries?? We have so many a the market right now… Love hearing from you. xox
Wow, you’re so lucky! Here a kilo is about $30. ❤️😘
Hi Lilly– I’m guessing it’s a trade off and you have beautiful fruits and vegetables that we can’t get here! Are you off for the summer?? Have you moved already? take care! xoxox
Beautiful cake!
thanks thanks! Your pan baked chicken & veggies looks wonderful! xox
OMG Yum!
Wow!!!
Hey Mollie– thanks! xox
Love cherries! but love them more when they are paired with chocolate cake!
Me too– we have so many cherries at the market right now– I’m becoming a cherry-aholic! and–like your bloggers dilemma posts!!
Absolutely stunning photographs and sounds very delicious. Beautiful post Rhonda.
thanks thank Sumith! Fun to see your new web site…
Thanks a lot Rhonda.
OMG Looks Delicious!!!
Thanks! Your kidney bean salad looked so bright and fresh!! Fun to find your blog…
Thank you for visiting.
That’s awesome my moms favourite thanks
HI Martin–thanks! Checked your blog and looks like you’re just getting started! Good luck!