Easy moist Black Forest cake - Real Recipes from Mums

This Black Forest cake is nice and easy to make and is so moist and delicious. I make it for friends for their birthdays but it can be enjoyed on any occasion.

Ingredients (makes 1 cake)

1 packet Chocolate Cake Mix
1 cup Lemonade
2 Tbsp YIAH Black Forest Dukkah
1/2 jar Amarello Cherries
250ml carton Whipping Cream
1 Tbsp YIAH Chocolate Raspberry powder
1/2 Jar Amarello cherries to decorate

Method

Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Line a cake tin. Mix the cake mix, lemonade, Black Forest Dukkah and cherries in a bowl all together till mixed in well.
Pour into prepared tin and bake for as long as the cake mix states. Test with a skewer to make sure it is coming out clean before taking out from the oven. Leave to cool.
Meanwhile pour the cream into a bowl and mix through the chocolate raspberry powder then beat with an electric mixer till cream is whipped. Spread cream on top and decorate with remaining cherries and some more Dukkah if desired.

Notes

I used a devil foods cake mix which made it even more moist. You could add anything on top of the cake that you desire.

59 Comments

- - RonnieDe said
  - 21 Mar 2023
    9:13 pm
Always love a Black Forest cake, and this one sounds right up there, thanks.

- - mom492516 said
  - 21 Mar 2023
    8:10 pm
You can’t go wrong with a black forest.

- - coastalkaryn said
  - 07 Sep 2016
    1:20 pm
black forest dukkah – never heard of it!!!
- meedee replied
  
  01 Apr 2022 , 1:51 pm
  Me neither and im not sure of the brand YAIH either. Wonder why we get that from….hhmm
- - Melissa89 said
  - 30 Jul 2016
    4:49 pm
Yum, my favourite!

- - youngoldlady said
  - 12 Apr 2016
    6:46 pm
Looked up YIAH and wondering if something else can be used. Will look further into this stuff.

- - sharna_booth_weinrowski said
  - 10 Apr 2016
    12:48 pm
Thank you for sharing!!!

- - Some_Toss said
  - 20 Feb 2016
    9:20 pm
I don’t know what YIAH is, but black forest is my all time favourite cake, so I will definitely be seeking the ingredients out! Thanks so much for sharing!

- - rachelvk said
  - 20 Jan 2016
    8:47 pm
Looks delicious, but would love to know where to get the YIAH ingredients.

- - mom19782016 said
  - 19 Jan 2016
    6:04 pm
Yum, but as some others have said I’ve never heard of Black Forest Dukkah – just the regular dukkah. Can you buy it Coles or Woolies or do you get it in speciality baking shops?

- - pakeko said
  - 02 Jan 2016
    12:16 pm
Wow what I treat noe to see if I can find the stuff needed for this

- - paulah2 said
  - 17 Dec 2015
    8:40 am
I’ve never heard of Black Forest Dukkah or the YIAH brand but it’s seriously got me drooling and wanting to buy some!! You had me at cherries with this awesome recipe

- - mom94378 said
  - 09 Nov 2015
    10:53 am
What an awesome treat.

- - mom94378 said
  - 02 Nov 2015
    9:55 am
My number 1 cake – this looks so totally fantastic.

- - mom103778 said
  - 16 Oct 2015
    3:21 pm
Yum. This looks delicious. Thanks for sharing.

- - Toni Rowland said
  - 30 Sep 2015
    9:32 pm
One of my favourite cakes.

- - kymichelle said
  - 11 Sep 2015
    2:42 pm
Oh yum! Happy memories from the 80’s when Mum would often make a black forest cake as a birthday cake

- - mom81879 said
  - 02 Sep 2015
    5:08 pm
This looks heavenly. Will make my own cake tho, don’t like packet mixes

- - mom103920 said
  - 23 Aug 2015
    11:46 pm
I need to hide this recipe from Hubby until I can work out what Dukkah is. Black forest is his all time favourite.

- - bubble6369 said
  - 22 Aug 2015
    12:56 am
Can’t go past a lovely moist Black Forest cake!

- - bubble6369 said
  - 17 Aug 2015
    2:29 pm
hahah yes moist was banned from my work place!