Make it fancy: Black forest cake

Food Feature: How to make Black forest cake

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Melissa Wong

Ingredients:

½ cup of oil

1 cup of cold water or tap water

1 cooking pan(s)

2 eggs (or substitutes)

Whipping Cream

1 can of E.D. Smith Cherry Pie Filling

Box Swiss Chocolate cake mix 

Here is the finished black forest cake.
It looks good enough to eat. 

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Directions:

1. Pour half a cup of oil into a cup.

2. Break an egg into the cup.

3. If you do not have many eggs, you can stretch an egg by filling the empty shell with water and pouring that into the cup. Then mix. 

4. Open a box of Swiss Chocolate cake mix, pour the powder into a large bowl, and make a well.

5. Pour the oil and egg mixture into the well.

6. Pour a cup of water and add that to the well. 

7. Mix it all together and to add air. Do not over mix the cake mix. 

8. Coat a cooking pan with butter or margarine. 

9. Pour the cake batter into the pan and smooth it out with a spoon.

10. Depending on the size of the pan, you might have some batter leftover. You can use this extra batter to make 6 cupcakes (fill the empty cupcake pan slot with water) or make a second layer for the cake. 

11. Once the oven reaches 325 C then put the pans in the oven.

12. Test the cake with a toothpick or knife to see if it is done. You'll not see any wet cake on the toothpick or knife. 

If you add some candles, then the black
forest cake becomes a birthday cake.
Make a wish!

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13. To remove a cake from a cool pan: place a dish on top of the pan and turn the cake pan upside down. Remove the pan. 

14. Place the dish on the table.

15. Put another dish on top of the plated cake and turn over so the cake is right-side up.

16. Top the cake with Cool Whip once it cooled down. Make sure it is flat.

17. Make a wall of Cool Whip on all sides. Build up a layer of Cool Whip around the inside of the cake to keep the cherries from falling off the cake.

18. Scoop cherry pie filling into the center of the cake and use the wall of Cool Whip to keep them from sliding off. 

Tip: To make it into a birthday cake, add candles.  

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