Black Forest Cake (Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte)
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Black Forest Cake (Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte)

NUTRITION · PER SERVING100M COOK
CAL 38%·PRO 14%
CARBS 88G46% OF CAL
3G FIBER0G ADDED0G INTRINSIC20G OTHER66G TOTAL SUGAR
FAT 46G54% OF CAL
26G SAT20G UNSAT

BARS = SHARE OF RECIPE CALORIES · RINGS = FDA DV

Black Forest Cake features moist chocolate sponge layers with cherries, whipped cream, and chocolate shavings. This elegant German dessert is surprisingly not overly sweet and lets each element shine through.

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Nutrition & ingredients

Ingredients

serves 12
  • 6 large eggs (, at room temperature (Note 7))
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 1/4 cup caster sugar ((superfine sugar))
  • 1/2 cup dutch processed cocoa powder ((or unsweetened regular cocoa power, Note 1))
  • 2/3 cup plain flour ((all-purpose flour))
  • 150g / 10.5 tbsp unsalted butter (, melted and cooled)
  • 670g / 23.5 oz pitted morello cherries in syrup (sour cherries, in jar or can) (, drained and juice reserved (Note 2))
  • 1/3 cup kirsch or cherry liqueur ((optional – sub with more reserved cherry juice, Note 3))
  • 1/2 cup caster sugar ((superfine sugar))
  • 4 tsp cornflour / cornstarch
  • 4 cups / 1 litre thickened / heavy cream ((Note 4))
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 1/3 cup soft icing sugar / powdered sugar ((Australia: Not pure icing sugar, Note 5))
  • 100g / 3.5 oz dark chocolate / bittersweet chocolate
  • 12 maraschino or fresh cherries ((for decorating top of cake))
PREP
40M
SODIUM
62MG
ESTIMATE
COMPLETE

Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving. 100% of estimated mass resolved.