Black Forest Cake for Natasran

One of Mr T's coworkers asked me to make this cake. I was so excited to do a Black Forest cake when cherries are in season. I haven't been able to do this before now. Usually, I have to use frozen and maraschino cherries, which are fine but in season fruit is the best!

I love adding the bark look with the chocolate on the sides. I never know how it's going to turn out. Working with fresh whipped cream, I'm never sure how sturdy the cake will be. It came together just right.

Look at all those lovely cherries. Yum! After manually trying to pit the cherries I went in search of my cherry pitter. I was almost certain I had one. Thankfully, it was right were I thought it would be. It made the task so much easier.

Mr T was thrilled to learn that there was leftovers when I was done, so I made him a deconstructed dessert. Miss E was able to have the remaining whipped cream with a few cherries for her dessert.

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