Easy Upside Down Black Forest Pie Recipes

BLACK FOREST UPSIDE-DOWN CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place 1 tablespoon butter, 1 tablespoon brown sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon cherry juice in the bottom of each of two 8-ounce ramekins. Microwave ramekins until butter and brown sugar are melted and bubbling, about 1 minute. Arrange cherries in a tightly packed layer in the bottom of each ramekin.
• In a small bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt. In another small bowl, stir together 2 tablespoons butter and 1/3 cup brown sugar with a wooden spoon until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Stir in egg yolk, then flour mixture and milk. Divide batter between ramekins.
• Place ramekins on a rimmed baking sheet. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center of a cake comes out with only a few crumbs attached, about 30 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack, 20 minutes. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, beat cream, 1 tablespoon brown sugar, and rum until soft peaks form. Run a paring knife around edge of each cake and invert onto a plate. Serve cakes with rum whipped cream.

BLACK FOREST UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Spoon pie filling into a greased 12-in. cast-iron or ovenproof skillet. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, flour and vanilla until blended. Gently beat in eggs. Pour over pie filling. Prepare cake mix according to package directions; spoon over cream cheese layer., Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 40-45 minutes. Cool 10 minutes before inverting onto a serving plate. If needed, spoon cherries from pan over cake. Top with whipped cream.

BLACK FOREST PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Prepare pie crust according to package directions for filled 1-crust pie, using 1 tsp flour.
• In a saucepan combine sugar, cocoa and 2 tbs flour, then add butter and milk.
• Cook until mixture begins to boil, stirring constantly; remove from heat.
• Add a small amount of the hot mixture to the eggs and then return the mixture to the pan.
• Fold half the can of pie filling into the mixture in the pan.
• Pour into the crust.
• Bake 35-45 minutes or until center is set but still shiny.
• Cool and then chill at least one hour.
• Combine 2 cups of Cool Whip with the grated chocolate and spread over the cooled pie.
• Top with the remaining pie filling and then the remaining Cool Whip.
• Chill 1/2 hour.

FAST AND EASY BLACK FOREST PIE

Steps:

• Spread 1 cup of whipped topping on bottom of pie crust.
• Combine milk and pudding mix in medium bowl.
• Blend with wire whisk or electric mixer (low speed) for 1 minute.
• Fold in 1 1/2 cups whipped topping.
• Spread over whipped topping in crust.
• Spread remaining whipped topping over top, leaving a 1-inch border and forming a depression in center of the whipped topping.
• Spoon cherry pie filling in the center.
• Chill at least three hours.

BLACK FOREST DUMP CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. Spread pie filling into a greased 13x9-in. baking dish; top with undrained cherries. Sprinkle with cake mix and almonds. Top with cubed butter., Bake until topping is set, 40-50 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.

GERMAN BLACK FOREST CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Line bottoms of two greased 9-in. round baking pans; grease paper., In a large bowl, beat milk, eggs, oil and vanilla until well blended. In another bowl, whisk flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into milk mixture., Transfer to prepared pans. Bake 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes before removing to wire racks; remove paper. Cool completely., Meanwhile, for filling, drain cherries, reserving 1/2 cup juice. In a small saucepan, whisk sugar, cornstarch and reserved juice; add cherries. Cook and stir over low heat 10-12 minutes or until thickened and bubbly. Remove from heat; stir in brandy. Cool completely., In a large bowl, beat cream until it begins to thicken. Add confectioners' sugar; beat until stiff peaks form., Using a long serrated knife, cut each cake horizontally in half. Place one cake layer on a serving plate. Top with 1-1/2 cups whipped cream. Spread 3/4 cup filling to within 1 in. of edge. Repeat twice. Top with remaining cake layer. Frost top and sides of cake with remaining whipped cream, reserving some to pipe decorations, if desired. Spoon remaining filling onto top of cake. Refrigerate until serving.

BLACK FOREST PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle; transfer to a 9-in. pie plate. Trim crust to 1/2 in. beyond rim of plate; flute edge. Refrigerate while preparing filling., In a small saucepan, combine the sugar, cocoa and flour. Stir in milk until smooth. Add butter. Cook and stir over medium-high heat until thickened and bubbly. Reduce heat; cook and stir 2 minutes longer., Remove from the heat. Stir a small amount of hot filling into eggs; return all to pan, stirring constantly. Fold in half of the pie filling. Pour into pastry shell. , Bake until filling is almost set, 35-40 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack. Just before serving, top with remaining pie filling and whipped topping if desired.