Authentic German 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.

Authentic german black forest cake recipe.

If you cannot get fresh cherries you can use canned bing cherries but please do not use cherry pie filling because it will take away from the authentic taste of the cake. 1 pinch of salt. It still has chocolate cake cherries and real whipped cream but it uses a cake mix some pie filling and freshly whipped cream. In a heavy bottomed saucepan bring 1 4 cup canned sour cherry water kirsch and sugar over medium heat to a simmer.

Stir constantly pour in the cherry cornstarch mixture and cook for 1 2 minutes. Traditional black forest cake. Spread 3 4 cup filling to within 1 in. Sift flour baking powder and cocoa into a mixing bowl add butter sugar vanilla sugar and kirsch.

Only this one s really really easy and super quick to make. Place drained sour cherries into a medium sized bowl. Spoon remaining filling onto top of cake. Top with 1 1 2 cups whipped cream.

Authentic german black forest cake or schwarzwalder kirschtorte is a wonderful cake. I spent many years living in the netherlands along the border of germany and we would do our shopping across the german border groceries dining in various nearby towns and cities. Before you start please check this page for flour facts and gram to cup conversion. This delicious cake recipe is completely made from scratch and perfect for special occasions.

Preheat the oven and grease a 28 cm 11 in springform pan. It s what you serve when you want german food without the fuss. In a small bowl stir together cornstarch and 4 tbsp of canned sour cherry water to combine. 1 teaspoon of baking powder 75 g 2 64 oz of sugar.

Directions for black forest cake recipe. Frost top and sides of cake with remaining whipped cream reserving some to pipe decorations if desired. Top with remaining cake layer. 150 g 5 3 oz of flour all purpose 1 tablespoon of cocoa.

Prepare the shortcrust pastry. This attire consists of a black dress white blouse and a hat with red pom poms on top all mimicking the chocolate shavings cream and cherries that top the cake. Some historians believe the cake in fact got its name from the traditional outfit that was worn by women in the black forest. Knead the dough either with your hands or with a hand mixer kneading hook.

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 traditional black forest cake is called schwarzwälder kirschtorte in germany. My german black forest cherry cake tastes almost like the traditional one. If can t find kirsch do not use another type of alcohol because it will not turn out.