How to Make Black Forest Cake (with Pictures)

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2024 Author: Samantha Chapman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 09:13

Have you ever tasted the famous Black Forest, the German dessert rich in chocolate, covered with whipped cream, chocolate and kirsch, a brandy distilled from the fermentation of cherry juice? Well, whether you've tasted it or not, here's the recipe for making this very special cake! Try it and … let yourself be pampered!

Ingrediants

210g of all-purpose flour
60g of unsweetened cocoa powder
7g of baking soda
4g of salt
100g of pastry fat
300g of sugar
2 eggs
4g of vanilla extract
350ml of buttermilk
120ml of kirsch
115g of butter
420g of powdered sugar
1 pinch of salt
5ml of espresso, strong
2 cans of cherries (cultivar "Bing") pitted and drained
475ml of whipped whole milk cream
2g of vanilla extract
15ml of kirsch
30g of semi-dark chocolate bar

Steps

Step 1. Turn on the oven to 175 ° C and let it preheat

Step 2. Line the bottom of two round pans with a diameter of 20cm each with parchment paper

Step 3. Sieve the flour, cocoa, baking soda and 4g of salt

Put it all aside.

Step 4. Soften the fat with the sugar until it becomes soft and frothy

Beat in the eggs and vanilla.

Step 5. Pour the buttermilk over the flour mixture, stirring until well blended

Pour the mixture into the two previously prepared pans.

Step 6. Bake at 350 ° F (175 ° C) for 35-40 minutes, then check the doneness with a toothpick:

when it comes out dry, the dough will be cooked.

Step 7. Let it cool completely

Step 8. Peel the paper off the cakes

Step 9. Slice each of the two cakes horizontally to make 4 layers in all

Step 10. Spray the layers with 120ml of kirsch

Step 11. In a medium bowl, whisk the butter until light and soft

Step 12. Combine the icing sugar, a pinch of salt and the coffee; beat everything until you get a velvety cream

If the cream is too thick, add a couple of teaspoons of cherry juice or milk.

Step 13. Cover the first layer of cake with 1/3 of the cream

Step 14. Garnish the side dish with 1/3 of the cherries

Do the same with all the other layers.

Step 15. In another bowl, whip the cream until firm

Step 16. Add 2g of vanilla extract and 15ml of kirsch

Step 17. Sprinkle the center and sides of the cake with frosting

Step 18. Dust the cake with chocolate curls made by grating the chocolate bar with a potato peeler

Step 19. And now

.. let yourself be pampered!

Advice

Try making it for Christmas

Nutritional values

Calories: 693
Total fat: 33.6g
Cholesterol: 112mg
Preparation time:

30 Min.
Cooking time:

40 Min.
Ready in:

2 hours and 15 min.

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