🍒🍫 Black Forest Mini Cakes

 

🧁 Ingredients

For the Chocolate Cake:

1 cup (125g) all-purpose flour

½ cup (50g) cocoa powder

1 tsp baking powder

½ tsp baking soda

¼ tsp salt

2 eggs

¾ cup (150g) sugar

½ cup (120ml) milk

¼ cup (60ml) oil

1 tsp vanilla extract

½ cup (120ml) hot coffee (enhances chocolate flavor)

For the Cherry Filling:

1½ cups pitted cherries (fresh or frozen)

3 tbsp sugar

1 tbsp lemon juice

1 tsp cornstarch + 1 tbsp water

For the Whipped Cream:

1½ cups heavy whipping cream (cold)

¼ cup powdered sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

Decoration:

Chocolate shavings

Whole cherries

👩‍🍳 Instructions

1️⃣ Bake the Mini Cakes

Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).

Line a muffin tin or mini cake molds.

In one bowl, whisk flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

In another bowl, whisk eggs and sugar until slightly fluffy.

Add milk, oil, and vanilla.

Mix dry ingredients into wet.

Stir in hot coffee (batter will be thin — that’s normal).

Fill molds ¾ full.

Bake 18–22 minutes.

Cool completely.

2️⃣ Cherry Filling

In a saucepan, cook cherries, sugar, and lemon juice over medium heat.

Mash slightly.

Add cornstarch mixture.

Cook until thickened (about 5 minutes).

Cool completely.

3️⃣ Whipped Cream

Beat cold heavy cream, powdered sugar, and vanilla until stiff peaks form.

4️⃣ Assemble

Cut a small hole in the center of each mini cake.

Fill with cherry mixture.

Pipe whipped cream on top.

Sprinkle chocolate shavings.

Add a cherry on top 🍒