Recipe Details
Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte (Black Forest Cake)
The iconic German layer cake — chocolate sponge soaked in Kirsch cherry liqueur, layered with whipped cream and sour cherries, decorated with chocolate shavings and whole cherries.
Prep Time
2 hours
Category
Dessert
Ingredients
13
Steps
8
Recipe and Instructions
6large eggs
200 gcaster sugar
150 gall-purpose flour
50 ggood quality cocoa powder
1 tspbaking powder
60 gunsalted butter, melted and cooled
100 mlKirschwasser (cherry schnapps)
600 mlheavy whipping cream, very cold
3 tbsppowdered sugar (for cream)
1 tspvanilla extract (for cream)
680 gsour cherries in syrup, drained (reserve syrup)
100 gdark chocolate, shaved into curls
12fresh or maraschino cherries for decoration
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