Recipes that take little prep are great for weeknights, including desserts. This Black Forest Cake is just that; a one pan, little prep recipe full of chocolate and cherries that can be a wonderful dessert anytime of the week.
It’s really heating up outside. It’s supposed to be around 100 all weekend here. 100 DEGREES! I really feel like we didn’t even get spring weather. It simply jumped from winter to summer. I am not exactly a big fan of extremely hot temperatures.
When it is really warm, I do prefer to make desserts that can be topped with ice cream. Yes, I would totally add some ice cream onto each bowl of Black Forest Cake.
A few months ago I shared an Easy Chocolate-Coconut Macaroons Recipe. The recipe was using Honey Bunches of Oats Chocolate cereal. While I worked with them on that post, they also shared with me this One Pan Black Forest Cake. Since it is a pretty easy recipe, I wanted to make sure I shared it with you guys as well.
One Pan Black Forest Cake Recipe
(Note: printable version of this recipe is at the end of the post)
Ingredients
- 2 cups Honey Bunches of Oats Chocolate Cereal
- 2 21oz cans Cherry Pie Filling
- ¼ cup Maraschino Cherry Juice
- 1 15.25oz box Devil’s Food Cake Mix (unprepared)
- ¾ cup Butter, melted
- Toppings: Whipped cream, Honey Bunches of Oats Chocolate Cereal, sliced almonds, maraschino cherries
- Preheat over to 350°F.
- Grind 2 cups Honey Bunches of Oats Chocolate Cereal into fine powder using a food processor.
- Lightly coat the bottom and sides of a 9×13″ baking pan.
- Spread both cans of cherry pie filling in the bottom of the pan.
- Next add the the ground Honey Bunches of Oats Chocolate Cereal.
- Drizzle the cherry juicy over the cereal.
- Evenly top with the dry, unprepared cake mix.
- Finish with the melted butter drizzled over the mix.
- Bake for 1 hour.
- Allow to cool for at least 30 minutes.
- Serve in a bowl topped with whipped cream, Honey Bunches of Oats Chocolate Cereal, sliced almonds, and maraschino cherries.
The cake can be served a little warm if preferred. And since it is hot outside, don’t forget to add some vanilla or cherry ice cream!
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- 2 cups Honey Bunches of Oats Chocolate Cereal
- 2 21oz cans Cherry Pie Filling
- ¼ cup Maraschino Cherry Juice
- 1 15.25oz box Devil's Food Cake Mix (unprepared)
- ¾ cup Butter, melted
- Toppings: Whipped cream, Honey Bunches of Oats Chocolate Cereal, sliced almonds, maraschino cherries
- Preheat over to 350°F.
- Grind 2 cups Honey Bunches of Oats Chocolate Cereal into fine powder using a food processor.
- Lightly coat the bottom and sides of a 9x13" baking pan.
- Spread both cans of cherry pie filling in the bottom of the pan.
- Next add the the ground Honey Bunches of Oats Chocolate Cereal.
- Drizzle the cherry juicy over the cereal.
- Evenly top with the dry, unprepared cake mix.
- Finish with the melted butter drizzled over the mix.
- Bake for 1 hour.
- Allow to cool for at least 30 minutes.
- Serve in a bowl topped with whipped cream, Honey Bunches of Oats Chocolate Cereal, sliced almonds, and maraschino cherries.
Another recipe using Honey Bunches of Oats Chocolate cereal: Easy Chocolate-Coconut Macaroons Recipe
