Black Forest Cake

==Description==
"vegetarian times" December, 199?
===Ingredients===
Cake:
* 1 cup water
* 1 cup honey
* 1/2 cup applesauce
* 1 tsp vanilla
* 1 tsp vinegar
* 2 cup wholewheat pastry flour or unbleached white flour
* 3/4 cup cocoa powder
* 1 tbsp baking powder
* 1 tsp baking soda
Syrup:
* 1/2 cup water
* 1/4 cup honey
* 2 thin lemon or orange slices
* 1/3 cup kirsch
Icing:
* 3/4 cup raw cashews
* 3/4 cup water
* 2 tsp vanilla
* 1/2 cup honey
* 10 oz firm tofu
* 3 oz semi-sweet chocolate, melted
* 16 oz jar pitted cherries, drained
==Directions==
# Cake: preheat oven to 350 °F. 
# Combine liquid ingredients in a large bowl & whisk well. 
# Sift dry ingredients together & whisk into liquid mixture. 
# Pour into greased & floured 9" cake tin & bake for 35 minutes or until springy. 
# Cool cake completely & remove from pan. With a serrated knife, cut cake horizontally to make 3 thin layers. 
# Syrup: combine first 3 ingredients in a small pot & boil for 3 minutes. 
# Let cool & then add kirsch. 
# Icing: in a blender, combine cashews, water & vanilla. 
# Blend till smooth & creamy. Add honey & tofu & blend again. 
# Set aside 2 c for the vanilla icing to go on top & sides of cake. 
# To the rest of the mixture, add melted chocolate & 3 tb of syrup. 
# Blend till smooth. Chill both icings before using. 
# To assemble: carefully remove the top two layers of cake. 
# Brush some syrup onto bottom layer & spread half of chocolate icing over it. 
# Place the middle cake layer on top & brush with syrup & icing. 
# Put down a layer of cherries & dot with a little vanilla icing to help the top layer stick. 
# Place the top layer on the cherries & brush again with syrup. 
# Frost top & sides with vanilla icing. 
# Decorate with cherries & pipe rosettes if desired. 
# Chill several hours before serving. 
# The cake can be kept covered if not being served till the following day. 
# However, the frosting may discolour after about 3 days. 
== See also ==
Category:Applesauce Recipes
Category:Cherry Desserts
Category:Cherry Recipes
Category:Chocolate Recipes
Category:Cocoa Recipes
Category:Firm tofu Recipes
Category:Kirsch Recipes
Category:Low-calorie Recipes
Category:Pastry flour Recipes