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Black Magic Cake Recipe By Shireen Anwar
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
40 mins
Total Time
55 mins
 
Made with simple ingredients like chocolate, coffee, and nuts, this cake is easy to make and comes together in just 30 minutes. So what are you waiting for? Give this recipe a try today!
Course: Dessert, Hi-Tea
Cuisine: American
Keyword: baking, cakes, chocolate, chocolate cake
Servings: 6
Chef: Shireen Anwar
Ingredients
  • 2 ounces Butter
  • 1 ounce Caster sugar
  • 4 ounce Flour
  • Chilled water as required to make a dough
For Sponge Cake:
  • 2 Eggs
  • 2 ounce Sugar
  • 1 ½ ounce Flour
  • 1 tbsp Coco powder heaped
  • ½ tsp Baking powder
For Filling:
  • 25 to 30 Canned cherries
  • ½ cup Cherry syrup
  • 1 tbsp Corn flour mixed with ¼ cup water
  • 12 ounces Fresh cream whipped with 1 ounce icing sugar
Cooking Method
  1. Make shortcrust pastry, and place in an 8-inch pie plate.
  2. Bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
  3. Remove from the oven and let it cool completely.
  4. Make a chocolate sponge, and keep it aside.
To assemble
  1. Put the baked shortcrust pastry on a cake platter.
  2. Cover with any jam then cover with a sponge.
  3. Drizzle the cherry syrup over it.
  4. Pipe cream on the sides in the round and leave the center empty.
  5. Put the prepared cherry sauce in the center.
  6. Cover with the second layer of cake.
  7. Soak with syrup, and cover the top and sides of the cake with cream.
  8. Decorate with grated chocolate on top and sides Fresh cream and cherries.
  9. Delicious Black Magic Cake is ready to serve.
  10. Enjoy !!