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Black Forest Sheet Cake

If you have limited time and equipment, this is a great way to make a tasty and somewhat "fancy" cake.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American, German
Keyword Black Forest cake, sheet cake
Cook Time 35 minutes
Preparation and assembly 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Servings 15 slices

Equipment

  • Electric Mixer
  • 13" x 9" cake pan

Ingredients

  • 1 box Triple chocolate cake mix
  • water, as stated on the box
  • oil, as stated on the box
  • eggs, as stated on the box
  • 2 cans cherry pie filling
  • 2 cups heavy whipping cream
  • 1½ teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 jar marichino cherries, drained

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to temporature recommended on the cake mix box.
  • Follow instructions on the cake mix box to make the cake.
  • Remove cake from the oven. Using the handle end of a wooden spoon, poke holes at regular intervals in the cake.
  • In a microwave safe bowl, pour both cans of cherry pie mix in. Warm in microwave until the gel in liquid, approximately 2 to 5 minutes. Immediately pour on top of warm cake. Use wooden spoon to spread cherries around evenly and encourage the liquid to seep into the holes you poked.
  • Let cool completely, approximately 2 to 3 hours.
  • In a large bowl, whip the whipping cream until soft peaks form. Add vanilla. Continue whipping until stiff peaks form.
  • Spread on top of cooled cake.
  • Drain maraschino cherries. Decorate the top of the cake with three rows of five cherries. The cherries will be at the center of each slice. Refrigerate until ready to serve. Refrigerate left overs -- if you ahve any!