White Forest Cake
1/1/2001
Desserts
Author
Susan Volland
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup DaVinci Gourmet White Chocolate Sauce
- Cherry filling tart cherries in water
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1-2 tablespoons kirsch (optional)
- 3 layers of your favorite white cake
- 2 cups whipping cream
- 4 tablespoons powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 recipe of cherry filling (see below)
- 3 tablespoons shaved or grated white chocolate, for garnish
Directions
Cherry filling
Cherry filling directions: Combine the cherries and their juice with the sugar in a medium saucepan. Dissolve the cornstarch in the water and add this to the cherries. Heat over medium high heat, stirring occasionally until cherry sauce turns clear and thickens slightly, about 5 minutes. Stir in Kirsch if desired. Cool.
General
Trim the cake layers so they are completely flat. Whip the cream with the powdered sugar and vanilla until stiff.
To assemble the cake: Place one of the cake layers on a plate and spoon one third of the white chocolate sauce evenly over the cake. Spoon one third of the cherries and sauce on the same layer. Top the cherries with one third of the whipped cream. Cover with another layer of cake and repeat with an additional third of the white chocolate sauce, cherries and whipped cream. Finish with the final cake layer and remaining sauce, cherries and cream.
Decorate the cake with white chocolate shavings and cherries if desired. Serve immediately or chill and serve within 24 hours of assembling.