Slowly melt 4 oz semisweet chocolate, stirring every 10-15 seconds.Add powdered sugar and almond extract and whip until stiff peaks form.

Whip heavy cream in a chilled metal bowl with a metal whisk until soft peaks form.

Set cherries aside and stir in 1/4 cup of the Kirsch/cherry liquid. (Sugar should be completely dissolved and liquid clear.) Simmer for one minute and remove from heat.

Stir together water and sugar in a small saucepan and bring to a boil.

Cool 10 minutes remove from pans to wire racks.

Bake 22 to 25 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.

Add milk, oil and vanilla all at once and beat on medium speed of mixer about two minutes. Add eggs one at a time and mix until incorporated.

Combine sugar, flour, dark cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large mixing bowl.

Toss cherries with 1/4 cup Kirsch (cherry liqueur) or cherry brandy.

Take black cherries out of freezer and let thaw in the fridge for a couple of hours.

I hope you get rave reviews from your loved ones like I got at Snow White!īlack Forest Cake (Schwarzwälderkirschtorte)įor the cherries (to be started the night before):ġ/4 cup Kirsch (cherry liquor could substitute cherry brandy) I will say though, this is best enjoyed the day you bake it. When testing, I ate this cake four days after I made it and the whipped cream was still fantastic. It’s not a different cake at all.īecause my homemade whipped cream uses powdered sugar instead of granulated sugar, it keeps for days. When you glance at this recipe, it’s one of the longer ones I have on my website but rest assured: this is not complicated and if you’re a baker, you probably have most of the items in your kitchen already except the cherries and kirsch. All of my guests got a chocolate tree with their slice of cake and a Hidden Mickey made out of cherries on the plate. Instead of the traditional rosettes and cherries on top, I topped mine with an edible chocolate forest to have some whimsical fun with the Black Forest theme. I found fabulous black cherries in the frozen section of my store, threw them in the fridge the day before the party, tossed them with kirsch before I went to bed, and baked and assembled the cake the next morning. You’ll want to soak the cherries the night before. Did you immediately see a Hidden Mickey here? This is why we’re friends!Īmerican Black Forest Cakes often use maraschino cherries but I use real black cherries for mine.

It’s moist and should be decadent but everyone at my Snow White dinner party commented on how incredibly light it felt for dessert. Layers of kirsch-soaked cherries on top of pillowy almond whipped cream nestle on layers of my favorite dark chocolate cake that’s been brushed with a kirsch-simple syrup. In fact, several of my guests said that it was the best Black Forest Cake they’ve ever had. I used my favorite dark chocolate cake recipe, mainly because sponge cakes use so many pans and I’m very lazy about dishes, and it was divine. The Rose Table is in no way affiliated with The Walt Disney Company.Īn authentic Black Forest Cake uses a chocolate sponge cake but honestly, I don’t think they’re better than this. Photos courtesy of Mary Anita Batchellor Photography. If you want a chocolate cake to celebrate Germany, it’s got be Black Forest Cake, which is why I served this killer cake at Disney Dinners: Snow White. So it could be called Watson Chocolate Cake just as easily. It was invented by the German Chocolate brand, named after the founder. Repeat after me: German Chocolate Cake is not German. Contrary to popular belief, German Chocolate Cake is not German. “The best black forest cake I ever had,” according to food blogger Chomp Dallas.īlack Forest Cake is the king of German cakes, in my opinion.

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