Black Forest

Black forest cake

Name: Black forest cake
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 10 servings
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: one 8 inch chocolate sponge split in 3 layers chocolate sponge cake; 1 2/3 cups chilled fresh cream (thickened cream, heavy cream); 1/2 cup divided sugar; 1 1/2 cups pitted from a tin cherries; 1/2 cup water; 80 g shaved dark chocolate (bittersweet chocolate); 1 tsp vanilla essence (vanilla flavouring, imitation vanilla extract); 10 for the top glace cherries (candied cherries)

Chocolate sponge, cherries, clouds of cream. Every Indian birthday from 1995 onwards approves.

90 minTime

5 gProtein each

mildSpice

From the Black Forest to the bakery counter2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayAdd 3 tbsp kirsch to the syrup, as the German original does.

The original

448kcalsame

5 gproteinsame

3 gfibresame

90minutessame

Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte, the German original.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Chocolate sponge cakeone 8 inch chocolate sponge, split in 3 layers

Fresh cream (thickened cream, heavy cream)1⅔ cups, chilled

Sugar½ cup, divided

Cherries1½ cups pitted, from a tin

Water½ cup

Dark chocolate (bittersweet chocolate)80 g, shaved

Vanilla essence (vanilla flavouring, imitation vanilla extract)1 tsp

Glace cherries (candied cherries)10, for the top

Method

5 steps

1Make a soaking syrup: simmer the water with 50 g sugar and a few spoons of the cherry tin juice for 3 minutes. Cool.
2Whip the chilled cream with the remaining sugar and vanilla to firm peaks.
3Place one sponge layer on a board, brush with syrup, spread cream and scatter half the cherries. Repeat with the second layer.
4Top with the last layer, soak it, then cover the top and sides with cream.
5Press shaved chocolate onto the sides and top, pipe rosettes and crown each with a cherry. Chill at least 2 hours.

Serve it like this

Cut chilled wedges with a hot knife and serve straight from the fridge on dessert plates, a cherry on each slice.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Black Forest

Black forest cake

Chocolate sponge, cherries, clouds of cream. Every Indian birthday from 1995 onwards approves.

90 minTime

5 gProtein each

mildSpice

From the Black Forest to the bakery counter2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayAdd 3 tbsp kirsch to the syrup, as the German original does.

The original

448kcalsame

5 gproteinsame

3 gfibresame

90minutessame

Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte, the German original.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Chocolate sponge cakeone 8 inch chocolate sponge, split in 3 layers

Fresh cream (thickened cream, heavy cream)1⅔ cups, chilled

Sugar½ cup, divided

Cherries1½ cups pitted, from a tin

Water½ cup

Dark chocolate (bittersweet chocolate)80 g, shaved

Vanilla essence (vanilla flavouring, imitation vanilla extract)1 tsp

Glace cherries (candied cherries)10, for the top

Method

5 steps

1Make a soaking syrup: simmer the water with 50 g sugar and a few spoons of the cherry tin juice for 3 minutes. Cool.
2Whip the chilled cream with the remaining sugar and vanilla to firm peaks.
3Place one sponge layer on a board, brush with syrup, spread cream and scatter half the cherries. Repeat with the second layer.
4Top with the last layer, soak it, then cover the top and sides with cream.
5Press shaved chocolate onto the sides and top, pipe rosettes and crown each with a cherry. Chill at least 2 hours.

Serve it like this

Cut chilled wedges with a hot knife and serve straight from the fridge on dessert plates, a cherry on each slice.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Black forest cake

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Black forest cake

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

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