Authentic Black Forest Cake From Scratch

This delicious cake recipe is completely made from scratch and perfect for special occasions.

Authentic black forest cake from scratch. Place drained sour cherries into a medium sized bowl. There are so many variations on a black forest cake but they really miss the mark. In a separate bowl whisk together the water oil and vanilla. Preheat the oven and grease a 28 cm 11 in springform pan.

This nearly authentic black forest cake gives you all the traditional flavors with some of the shortcuts we busy people need. Spread 3 4 cup filling to within 1 in. 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. Directions for black forest cake recipe.

Top with 1 1 2 cups whipped cream. The only change i made and i heartily recommend it is that i made a syrup out of 1 2 cup reserved cherry juice 1 2 cup sugar and 1 4 cup kirsch cherry liqueur. If you cannot get fresh cherries you can use canned bing cherries but please do not use cherry pie filling because it will take. The cake baked up beautifully the cherries were perfect and the whole thing just came together wonderfully.

Place one cake layer on a serving plate. Black forest cake is a traditional german dessert made with chocolate sponge cake layers filled with whipped cream and cherries. Before you start please check this page for flour facts and gram to cup conversion. Spoon remaining filling onto top of cake.

To make the cake. Top with remaining cake layer. Being czech i am all about all things bavarian chocolatey rich and decadent. Grease two 9 cake round cake pans.

In a heavy bottomed saucepan bring 1 4 cup canned sour cherry water kirsch and sugar over medium heat to a simmer. Being born in germany this cake was always one of my favorite desserts it is served at every special family occasion and always a hit. Stir constantly pour in the cherry cornstarch mixture and cook for 1 2 minutes. Knead the dough either with your hands or with a hand mixer kneading hook.

Black forest cake is a chocolate layer cake named for the region in germany where schwarzwalder kirsch wasser is made. Authentic black forest cake schwarzwald kirsch kuchen recipe by bk geegee. Frost top and sides of cake with remaining whipped cream reserving some to pipe decorations if desired. In a small bowl stir together cornstarch and 4 tbsp of canned sour cherry water to combine.

Combine the cocoa flour sugar buttermilk powder cake enhancer baking powder baking soda and salt. Kirsch is a clear colorless fruit liquor made from sour cherries and is what gives black forest cake its distinct cherry flavor in addition to the cherries in the filling. Gradually beat the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Sift flour baking powder and cocoa into a mixing bowl add butter sugar vanilla sugar and kirsch.

Nearly authentic black forest cake.