12 Cakes 12 Months: Mandarin Pie / Deser Mandarynkowo - Ananasowy

It is high time I wrote about our Easter dessert (which we have already eaten of course). It is the third part of my 2016 project 12 Cakes 12 Months.
The recipe, found on one of the Southern Plate pages, is really great and worth trying. It makes two delicious pies which could be a great treat at any occasion. Stored in a freezer, they lasted quite long. On the other hand, there was no problem with cutting frozen pies so I did not need to defrost the entire pie and we simply had a couple of pieces at a time.

Dziesiejszy wpis związany jest z trzecią częścią mojego projektu '12 Ciast, 12 Miesięcy'.
Przepis na ten deser znalazłam tutaj, na jednej ze stron bloga Souhtern Plate (Południowy Talerz). Jest to jeden z tradycyjnych przepisów Południa Stanów Zjednoczonych na tak zwany pie - ciasto nie ciasto (nie wymaga pieczenia). Łatwy do wykonania i w dodatku smaczny - polecam!

 

Zamrożony deser łatwo pokroić - nie trzeba więc rozmrażać całego. Czas rozmrażania (w zależnosci od temperatury pomieszczenia) około 30 minut.

Totally Decadent Cake

This delicious and light cake was made with the help of Black Forest Cake kit we had bought around Christmas. The box we got at Aldi's included: chocolate cake mix, cherry filling mix and cream powder mix. The products I had to add were: three eggs, whipping cream, milk and a can of pitted cherries + juice which was in the can. The procedure of making this dessert is quite time consuming even when using the kit: it took me about two hours to create this Schwarzwald Torte. But the result is great - the cake is light and tasty, not too sweet and it looks good too!

Maraschino cherries decorate the cake.

The torte: two layers of cake. I used two round, 9'' tins to bake them (baking time = 20 minutes).
The lower part is covered with the sweet cherry filling + whipped cream put onto it. The upper layer of the cake goes on  the creamy part. Next, the rest of the whipped cream + the flakes of grated dark chocolate go on the top and sides of the Black Forest Cake.
It all makes a really special and enjoyable  treat! Next time I will possibly try to make the cake from the scratch (have found a recipe which looks quite good and useful) unless I wait till the next holiday season, when Aldi stores will have the Black Forest Cake kit again.

A piece of decadent cake: lots of pleasure but low standards meaning a proper diet. :)