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To assemble, cut each cake into two horizontal layers. 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 Black Forest Cake is a traditional German dessert made with chocolate sponge cake layers filled with whipped cream and cherries. This delicious cake recipe is completely made from scratch and perfect for special occasions!
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook black forest cake using 19 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Black Forest Cake:
- Make ready 1 2/3 cup cake flour
- Prepare 2 eggs
- Make ready 4 oz kirsch (brandy)
- Make ready 12 oz buttermilk
- Make ready 16 oz heavy whipping cream
- Take 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- Get 3 1/2 cup confectioner's sugar
- Prepare 1 oz semisweet baking chocolate
- Prepare 4 oz shortening
- Take 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- Get 1 pinch salt
- Prepare 8 oz butter
- Take 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- Make ready 3 tsp kirsch
- Take 1 tsp salt
- Make ready 1 tsp coffee (very strong)
- Make ready 14 oz sweet cherries in heavy syrup, drained
- Make ready 12 oz sugar
- Get 1 tsp vanilla extract
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. Frost top and sides of cake with remaining whipped cream, reserving some to pipe decorations, if desired. Spoon remaining filling onto top of cake.
Steps to make Black Forest Cake:
- In a mixing bowl, combine cake flour, baking soda, cocoa and one teaspoon salt through a sieve, mix well and keep it aside.
- Cream shortening in a medium-sized mixing bowl and add sugar to it. Stir continuously till the mixture becomes light and fluffy. Add eggs along with the vanilla essence into it and mix thoroughly.
- Add the above mixture into the flour mixture, along with 8 ounces of buttermilk (alternatively). Mix well till all the ingredients are blended completely.
- Take two 8 inch round pans and place parchment circles at the surfaces and pour the prepared cake mixture into it. Bake both the pans in a 350°F preheated oven for at least 35-40 minutes or till it is completely done. Do the toothpick test to check whether the cake is baked fully before taking it out.
- Let the baked cakes cool completely on a wire rack. Once this is done, slice the cakes from the center horizontally. Pour 1 ounce kirsch each on the cut side of both the cakes and set aside.
- Beat the butter in another bowl till it becomes light and fluffy. Add a pinch of salt, coffee, remaining buttermilk, confectioners sugar and mix well.
- Take one layer of the cake on a plate and spread 1/3 of the filling on it evenly. Place 1/3 of the cherries on top of it and place another layer of cake above it and repeat the same procedure.
- Once all the layers have been filled, make a mixture with 3 teaspoons kirsch and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla and pour over the cake. Prepare icing by whisking cream in a bowl and adding it to the uppermost layer. To decorate the cake, sprinkle chocolate shavings on top of the 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. 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.
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