Black Forest Cake

Description
"vegetarian times" december, 199?

Ingredients
Cake: Syrup: Icing:
 * 1 cup water
 * 1 cup honey
 * 1/2 cup applesauce
 * 1 tsp vanilla
 * 1 tsp vinegar
 * 2 cup wholewheat pastry flour or unbleached white flour
 * 3/4 cup cocoa powder
 * 1 tbsp baking powder
 * 1 tsp baking soda
 * 1/2 cup water
 * 1/4 cup honey
 * 2 thin lemon or orange slices
 * 1/3 cup kirsch
 * 3/4 cup raw cashews
 * 3/4 cup water
 * 2 tsp vanilla
 * 1/2 cup honey
 * 10 oz firm tofu
 * 3 oz semi-sweet chocolate, melted
 * 16 oz jar pitted cherries, drained

Directions

 * 1) Cake: preheat oven to 350°F.
 * 2) Combine liquid ingredients in a large bowl & whisk well.
 * 3) Sift dry ingredients together & whisk into liquid mixture.
 * 4) Pour into greased & floured 9" cake tin & bake for 35 minutes or until springy.
 * 5) Cool cake completely & remove from pan. With a serrated knife, cut cake horizontally to make 3 thin layers.
 * 6) Syrup: combine first 3 ingredients in a small pot & boil for 3 minutes.
 * 7) Let cool & then add kirsch.
 * 8) Icing: in a blender, combine cashews, water & vanilla.
 * 9) Blend till smooth & creamy. Add honey & tofu & blend again.
 * 10) Set aside 2 c for the vanilla icing to go on top & sides of cake.
 * 11) To the rest of the mixture, add melted chocolate & 3 tb of syrup.
 * 12) Blend till smooth. Chill both icings before using.
 * 13) To assemble: carefully remove the top two layers of cake.
 * 14) Brush some syrup onto bottom layer & spread half of chocolate icing over it.
 * 15) Place the middle cake layer on top & brush with syrup & icing.
 * 16) Put down a layer of cherries & dot with a little vanilla icing to help the top layer stick.
 * 17) Place the top layer on the cherries & brush again with syrup.
 * 18) Frost top & sides with vanilla icing.
 * 19) Decorate with cherries & pipe rosettes if desired.
 * 20) Chill several hours before serving.
 * 21) The cake can be kept covered if not being served till the following day.
 * 22) However, the frosting may discolour after about 3 days.