Black Forest Cake. The best black forest cake recipe I've tried, and I've tried a lot. The cake baked up beautifully, the cherries were perfect, and the whole thing just came together wonderfully. 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.
My mom loooooved that cake and always got it for her birthday, and often at other times throughout the year as well.
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!
You can have Black Forest Cake using 4 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Black Forest Cake
- Prepare 1 box of Chocolate cake mix.
- It's 1 box of Chocolate pudding (large box).
- It's 1 can of Cherry pie filling (21oz).
- Prepare 8 oz of Cool whip.
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! Ingredients and How to Make Black Forest Cake. The syrups makes the cake ultra moist - my favorite part of.
Black Forest Cake instructions
- Make cake as instructed on box (fyi- I use milk instead of water) and bake.
- Meanwhile prepare pudding as directed on box and chill while cake is baking/cooling.
- When cake is done baking cut into squares and begin layering in your trifle bowl. Layer 1- cake Layer 2- pudding Layer 3- cherries (I usually just put the cherries around the sides of the bowl because I don't really love too much of that canned cherry flavor. If you do and you want to use an entire layer of cherries make sure you have 2 cans) Layer 4- cool whip Start over til you reach the top of the bowl and decorate as you wish :).
- Chill for 4+ hours.
Black forest cake is traditionally finished with chocolate shavings, but I took it a step further and opted for chocolate ganache. 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. 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 gâteau (British English) or Black Forest cake (American English) is a chocolate sponge cake with a rich cherry filling based on the German dessert Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte (pronounced [ˈʃvaʁt͡svɛldɐ ˈkɪʁʃˌtɔʁtə]), literally "Black Forest Cherry-torte".