Black Forest Cake with Washington Cherries in Glass

Ingredients

Yield: 4

  • 250g Washington Cherry 
  • 200g U.S. Whipping cream 
  • 25g U.S. Butter 
  • ¼ pc U.S. Lemon juice 
  • 1tbsp U.S. Corn starch 
  • 20g Brown sugar 
  • 80g Icing sugar 
  • 2g Vanilla Essence
  • 1tbsp Water 
  • 120g Sponge cake

Directions

  1. Remove the seeds from the cherries.
  2. In a pan, combine sugar and cherries.
  3. Cook them over low heat for 4 minutes until the cherries are soft.
  4. Add butter and finish with a cornstarch mixture (water mixed with cornstarch).
  5. Allow the cherry compote to cool down and store it in the fridge.
  6. In a mixing bowl, combine whipping cream, icing sugar, and vanilla essence.
  7. Whip the cream using an egg mixer until it becomes firm and doesn’t fall off.
  8. Slice or cube the sponge.
  9. Place the sponge in a glass and add the whipped cream on top.
  10. Spoon the cherry compote over the cream.
  11. Repeat steps 9 and 10.
  12. Garnish with fresh cherries.