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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 with whipped cream and cherries This version swaps the chocolate sponge for a denser, fudgier chocolate cake to delicious effect But slicing a rich chocolate cake into four thin layers can be a bit tricky To assemble, cut each cake into two horizontal layers. Although the origins of Black Forest cake are a bit fuzzy, many historians believe it originated in the Black Forest region of Germany, a large mountain range on the southwest side of the country. The area is known for producing a cherry brandy called kirschwasser (or simply kirsch), a clear, colorless spirit used in many Black Forest cake recipes.
Black Forest Cake is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They are nice and they look fantastic. Black Forest Cake is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have black forest cake using 18 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Black Forest Cake:
- Make ready Sponge cake (15cm diameter)
- Prepare 3 eggs
- Get 90 g sugar
- Get 25 g milk
- Prepare 70 g self-rising cake flour
- Make ready 20 g cacao powder
- Take 25 g melted butter
- Make ready Syrup
- Take 50 g water
- Prepare 30 g sugar
- Take 15 g Kirsch (cherry liquor)
- Get Whipped cream
- Make ready 200 g heavy cream
- Take 20 g sugar
- Get 15 g Kirsch (cherry liquor)
- Get Toppings
- Get 15 g sour cherries
- Prepare chocolate curls
The syrups makes the cake ultra moist - my favorite part of. Black Forest cakes typically have brandy in the cherry filling. If crumbs get in the frosting while frosting the cake, scrape off your icing spatula into a separate bowl so as not to get crumbs on the frosted cake. Place one cake layer on a serving plate.
Instructions to make Black Forest Cake:
- BAKE THE SPONGE CAKE: Line the cake mold with baking paper. Do it now, so the foamed batter for the sponge cake can go straight into the heated oven once it's prepared.
- Preheat the oven at 180°C, bottom heating.
- Whip the whole eggs and the sugar in a bowl, first with a whisk. When the ingredients are mixed, place the bowl in water of about 40°C, to fasten the foaming, continue whipping manually for a few minutes.
- Remove the warm water, and continue whipping with the electric hand mixer on increasing speed, bringing lots of air in the mix to form the foam. Keep foaming until the batter is stiff enough so marks in the batter don't disappear easily.
- The result of baking may be changed depending on each oven at home. The temperature and the baking time in this recipe is only a guide. Check the cake for doneness by inserting a toothpick into the baking cake's center and checking for wet batter or crumbs that stick to the toothpick. If you see crumbs or batter, assume the cake isn't done yet.
- Gently pour in the milk over a spatula, and minimally mix it into the batter.
- Sift the powder ingredients (cake flour and cacao powder) and gently add them in with the spatula, all in one go.
- Pour the batter into the lined baking mold, shake it a bit, drop it a few times from a few centimeters on the table
- Add a little of the batter to the melted butter, and mix. Return this mix to the bowl with the batter, and gently mix it in with the spatula, about 15 times.
- Put the mold in the preheated oven, and turn the heat down to 170°C. Bake 40 minutes for a 🎂🎂 15 cm diameter cake. Conversion guide for different cake diameters: 🎂12 cm: ingredients x0.66~0.7 & baking time x0.8~0.9; 🎂🎂🎂18 cm: ingredients x1.5 & baking time x1.25; 🎂🎂🎂🎂 21 cm: ingredients x2 & baking time x1.5
- Take the cake out of the oven and let it cool down.
- MAKE THE WHIPPED CREAM.
- Remove the baking paper from all sides (including bottom) of the sponge cake before cutting it into 3 slices of equal thickness.
Frost top and sides of cake with remaining whipped cream, reserving some to pipe decorations, if desired. Spoon remaining filling onto top of cake. Authentic Black Forest Cake (Schwarzwald Kirsch Kuchen) Recipe by BK GeeGee. 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! If you cannot get fresh cherries you can use canned Bing cherries but please do not use cherry pie filling because it will take.
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