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Black forest cake, which originated in the Black Forest region of Germany, is typically made with a light chocolate sponge cake, soaked with cherry syrup and cherry brandy (Kirsch), then layered. To assemble, cut each cake into two horizontal layers. This version of Black Forest cake gets you an easy, delicious, and moist cake by using cherry pie filling and devil's food cake mix. You can have Black Forest Cake using 18 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Black Forest Cake
- Prepare of Chocolate Genoise.
- You need 5 of large eggs.
- Prepare 170 gr of sugar.
- Prepare 1 tsp of kirsch.
- Prepare 53 gr of unsalted butter, melted.
- Prepare 75 gr of cake flour.
- You need 1/4 tsp of salt.
- You need 38 gr of cocoa powder.
- It's of Cherry Syrup.
- You need 500 gr of fresh sweet cherries.
- Prepare 2 tbs of kirsch.
- It's 150 ml of water.
- Prepare 50 gr of sugar.
- It's of Frosting.
- You need 480 ml of whipping cream.
- It's 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
- You need 1 tsp of kirsch.
- You need 25 gr of sugar.
The classic cake is decorated with chocolate and fresh cherries. Ingredients and How to Make Black Forest Cake This is what you'll need to make the most delicious and simple black cherry forest cake: Black Forest Cake is a traditional German dessert made with chocolate sponge cake layers filled with whipped cream and cherries. This delicious cake recipe is completely made from scratch and perfect for special occasions! Being born in Germany this cake was always one of my favorite desserts!
Black Forest Cake step by step
- Preheat oven to 350F (180C). Butter and flour with cocoa powder three 8 inch (20 cm) round cake pans..
- In a bowl, sift the flour, salt and cocoa powder..
- In a mixing bowl, beat eggs and sugar on high speed until the mixture is thick (the batter will fall back into the bowl in a ribbon-like pattern). Beat in the vanilla extract and kirsch..
- Then sift about one-third of the flour mixture over the egg mixture and gently fold in using a rubber spatula or whisk. Sift and fold in another third, and then fold in the rest..
- Take 1 cup of the batter and fold it into the melted butter (to lighten it). Then gently fold it back into the egg batter. Fold in gently until well combine..
- Pour evenly into the three cake pans, smoothing the top. Bake for about 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean (cake starts to shrink from sides of pan). Cool on a metal rack before removing from pan..
- Pit and cut into halves most of the cherries, leaving about 10 for decoration on top of the cake..
- Place the water in a small saucepan, along with the sugar, and heat until sugar has dissolved. Add in the pitted cherry. Cook for about 2 minutes. Remove from heat and drain the cherries, reserving the liquid..
- Place the drained cherries in a bowl and toss with 1 tbs Kirsch. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and set aside. Add 1 tbs Kirsch to the syrup. Let it cool..
- In a mixing bowl place the whipping cream, vanilla extract, kirsch and sugar and stir to combine then beat the mixture just until stiff peaks form..
- Assemble Cake: Place one layer cake on a serving plate. Brush the cake layer with cherry syrup. Spread the whipped cream on the moistened genoise. Place the cherries and top with another layer of cake. Brush the second layer with the syrup. Spread the frosting over that layer of cake, cover with cherries and top with the third layer of cake. Brush with syrup and spread the remaining cream over top and sides of cake..
- Decorate with fresh cherries and shaved chocolate. Cover and refrigerate the cake for several hours (or overnight) before serving..
- Enjoy 🍰.
It is served at every special family occasion and always a hit! Sift the dry cake ingredients together. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix well. Black forest cake is traditionally finished with chocolate shavings, but I took it a step further and opted for chocolate ganache. The crowning glory is a layer of dazzling chocolate ganache that gently drapes over the sides for mega drama. (Because when it comes to chocolate cake, there's gotta be drama!) Black Forest cake (also known as Black Forest Gateau) is a chocolate layer cake named for the region in Germany where Schwarzwalder Kirsch (wasser) is made.