Authentic Black Forest Cake From Scratch

Nearly authentic black forest cake.

Authentic black forest cake from scratch.

There are so many variations on a black forest cake but they really miss the mark. Black forest cake is a traditional german dessert made with chocolate sponge cake layers filled with whipped cream and cherries. Top with 1 1 2 cups whipped cream. Combine the cocoa flour sugar buttermilk powder cake enhancer baking powder baking soda and salt.

The cake baked up beautifully the cherries were perfect and the whole thing just came together wonderfully. To make the cake. Being czech i am all about all things bavarian chocolatey rich and decadent. Preheat the oven to 350 f.

Spoon remaining filling onto top of cake. In a heavy bottomed saucepan bring 1 4 cup canned sour cherry water kirsch and sugar over medium heat to a simmer. Spread 3 4 cup filling to within 1 in. In a separate bowl whisk together the water oil and vanilla.

Knead the dough either with your hands or with a hand mixer kneading hook. Sift flour baking powder and cocoa into a mixing bowl add butter sugar vanilla sugar and kirsch. Before you start please check this page for flour facts and gram to cup conversion. Prepare the shortcrust pastry.

This cake isn t meant to be very sweet but is rather a dessert for adults with deep rich flavours and enough alcohol to make your head spin. The best black forest cake recipe i ve tried and i ve tried a lot. Frost top and sides of cake with remaining whipped cream reserving some to pipe decorations if desired. Stir constantly pour in the cherry cornstarch mixture and cook for 1 2 minutes.

This delicious cake recipe is completely made from scratch and perfect for special occasions. Kirsch is a clear colorless fruit liquor made from sour cherries and is what gives black forest cake its distinct cherry flavor in addition to the cherries in the filling. This nearly authentic black forest cake gives you all the traditional flavors with some of the shortcuts we busy people need. If you cannot get fresh cherries you can use canned bing cherries but please do not use cherry pie filling because it will take.

The only change i made and i heartily recommend it is that i made a syrup out of 1 2 cup reserved cherry juice 1 2 cup sugar and 1 4 cup kirsch cherry liqueur. Directions for black forest cake recipe. Being born in germany this cake was always one of my favorite desserts it is served at every special family occasion and always a hit. In a small bowl stir together cornstarch and 4 tbsp of canned sour cherry water to combine.

Place drained sour cherries into a medium sized bowl. Grease two 9 cake round cake pans. Top with remaining cake layer. Authentic black forest cake schwarzwald kirsch kuchen recipe by bk geegee.

Place one cake layer on a serving plate.