Trying recipes...

Why oh why is it so hard to find the right sponge recipe for a black forest cake? I tried 2 that looked decent but alas, they both turned out too heavy.

Now I'm thinking... was it my fault? did I not make it correctly? is my oven incapable of baking cakes??? I will settle with the latter :) Can you believe, my oven does not have "bake"... only "fan bake" grr!

Anyway, I ended up using the 2nd sponge that I made... it's not too bad actually... but would still prefer a lighter texture. This tastes more like airy devils food cake haha!

After assembling the cake using the basics - i.e. cream, cherries, etc, it actually tastes like black forest cake! So I'm happy with my first attempt :)

I don't want to upload the recipe for this cake yet because I will try 1 more time (next week perhaps) and compare. Watch this space!