This article may contain affiliate links that Yahoo and/or the publisher may receive a commission from if you buy a product or service through those links. A true German classic, Black Forest Cake ...

What a fantastic Black Forest Cake. The cake itself has a mild chocolate taste. By adding the luscious chocolate ganache to the base of the cake, you get that rich chocolate flavor you're looking for.

This Black Forest cake recipe doesn’t require a lot of ingredients — especially if you opt for a box cake mix as I did — and I didn’t need the corn starch or granulated sugar (used to create a syrup) ...