This recipe was fabulous and turned out perfect on the first go. My family loved it. I usually buy black forest cake because my husband loves it for his birthday but this year decided to try and make our own after reading this recipe. It was so easy and so tasty, would highly recommend it. Thank you

could not get the cherrys to thicken - at all! I added more cornstarch and that did nothing. Frustrating! Just took the cake out of the oven...total flop!

Excellent black forest cake recipe. Made it for my dad for his 60th birthday last year and it was great. I substituted the cherry filling with strawberries, which worked well!!

Excellent! We had an Oktoberfest gathering and this cake was a huge hit! I used tart cherries which is a smaller can than what this recipe calls for. However I used the extra juice from the cans to make extra sauce and moisten the cake layers. This cake will definitely be on our Holiday table this year.

My friends were coming back for seconds! It was a little difficult to cut up the crumbs and put them on the side of the cake neatly. Otherwise, good recipe!

I made this cake for my uncles birthday b/c it's his favorite. Everyone loved it, but the hubby and I thought that the cake was to dry, but with the cherrys and whipping cream it was good. Next year I will use a different chocolate cake recipe.

Great recipe with a professional look! My friends were surprised that I made it. I only made a some slight changes: I made a ganache to add in the layers to give it some textural difference and I used 20 oz can of cherry pie filling to save some time. I didn't have enough cherries to fully top my cake, so I'd recommend using a little less in the middle layers.

I was feeling lazy so I used Duncan Heinz Dark Chocolate Fudge cake, and it was very tasty. I used another reviewer's suggestion and brushed the layers with the sugar/cherry juice/kirsch mixture. The cake was already pretty moist, so while that tasted good, it needs to be used sparingly on a cake mix cake. I also stabilized the whipped cream by adding unflavored gelatin (directions below) since I was taking it to a party and I needed the whipped cream to hold up and not get droopy. Everyone loved it. Next time I will reduce the sugar a little and use the dark sweet cherries instead to see if I like that better! (To stabilize 2 cups of whipping cream, dissolve 1 tsp. unflavored gelatin in 2 Tbsp. cold water and let sit 5 minutes. Heat over simmering water just until gelatin dissolves; cool slightly. In bowl whip cream and confectioner's sugar just to soft peaks. Add dissolved gelatin and whip just a little more until stiffer peaks form. This will help the whipped cream hold its shape for a day or two, and it doesn't make it rubbery.)

My sister wanted a Black Forest Cake for her birthday and I chose this one because it didn't have any alcohol. I didn't try it myself but everyone else loved it!

This was so delicious and it looked great as well. Will definately make this one again!

I was looking for a rich chocolate cake and this was not it. The cake itself was only mediocre and I truly would have preferred a nice ganache over all of that whipped cream. The cherries, however, were awesome and delicious. I thoroughly enjoyed the cherries I made up with this recipe.

Fabulous. The best black forest cake recipe I've tried, and I've tried a lot. The cake baked up beautifully, the cherries were perfect, and the whole thing just came together wonderfully. The only change I made (and I heartily recommend it)is that I made a syrup out of 1/2 cup reserved cherry juice, 1/2 cup sugar, and 1/4 cup Kirsch (cherry liqueur - added after the juice/sugar simmered for a bit and then cooled). I drizzled this syrup over the cake sections before I spread the cherries and whipped cream on. It added moisture and tied everything together. Yum!

VERY good but time consuming to make. Next time I would use a boxed cake instead.

I used a mix of sour and bing cherries from a can and it was great. I don't recommend using pie filling, it'd be too sweet. The cake was devoured in minutes, so def try this.

I had never made this type of cake before, and it turned out fabulous! My cake turned out just like the photo. Most excellect recipe!!

VERY GOOD,NOT TO SWEET,JUST THE WAY I LIKE IT.

This was by far the easiest cake to make for me. However I did things differently. I followed the recipe for the cake. I bought a can of cherry pie filling (tart ones), and when I made the whipped cream I added 1/4C cocoa powder and 1/4C + 1/8C of powdered sugar. I put one cake on the stand after they had cooled, put a layer of the whipped cream, an