Easy Black Forest Cake

This cake is outstanding! I made the cake for our company christmas party. My father-in-law doesn't like cherries, so I too used strawberry preserves instead. All the employees loved it! One person said it was the best cake she'd ever had.

A great WOW cake, very moist And loaded with flavor, a keeper for sure

I really like the idea of this cake. I tweaked the recipe. I did use the cake recipe, however, I don't like cherry pie filling or canned frosting. I made the cherry topping from "Vanilla Cheesecake with Cherry Topping" recipe and increased the amount of cornstarch so it wasn't as runny. Also I made a simple poured ganache instead of the frosting suggested in the recipe. It turned out very good. Was simple to make.

been wanting a black forest cake i used to buy at king soopers in colorado. this was awesome. I did add homemade whipped cream to the cheesecake to lighten it up and couldnt find chocolate extract. this really is a great recipe.

This is a mess of flavors. It is too sweet with a disgusting spectrum of flavors. Also I agree with the British guy on the ingredients.

It's the usual fake American Menues - why can't you give us a real menue with things like flour sugar milk eggs and home made fillings - not supermarket bought stuff. I'm British and hate this cheap American way.

A good help to one of the blackforest cake fanatics, like me more power!

I agree with Strisha52 and Xromos. Please give us recipes with REAL ingredients. There are too many chemicals in the mixes.

I agree; it's a shame that this site would post "semi-homemade" recipes. If you need to price some of the ingredients, this is not a cheap cake to make! Canned pie filling runs at least $3.50 (if not more!); the cheesecake filling, loaded with preservatives, is easily $3.00 or more, depending on your local grocery store. Opt out of this one, fellow bakers, and make one from scratch...it's not as hard or as intimidating as it looks!

would never attempt I too agree with the British fellow. nothing beats a homemade cake even my husband can tell the boxed stuff

Everyone at the party loved this cake. It was very moist. It is very rich though, so will serve about 20 people. Not healtly or low fat, but for a treat once a year, it is perfect and very easy.

I have made this many times, always to rave reviews. It is the pefect "wow" cake when I don't have loads of time to be fussy. Unlike some other reviewers, I appreciate a few quick recipes thrown in with the scratch recipes. Different times of my life need both options.