Black Forest Cake/ Black Forest Cherry Torte
Black Forest cake is a stunning and decadent chocolate-cherry cake and is surprisingly easy to make. A classic favorite throughout the world, this version is closer to the traditional German Black forest cake. It is a harmonious dessert with spongy chocolate cake layers, sandwiched with cherry filling, and the frosting is fresh, whipped cream, and cherries. The term tortes come from the German word for elegant layer cakes with fruit, nut, or jam fillings.
Black forest cake is one of the first cake that I fell in love with several years back. The best part of this cake is its light, spongy layers with delightful fresh cream frosting. It is not too- overly sweet chocolate cake. It offered a sharp contrast to the dense and rich butter cakes that were more commonly available in our local bakery. Now those traditional butter cakes have a charm of its own, but and I fell in love with this elegant dessert mainly because of its light texture. This cake is a favorite in India and often found proudly displayed in the windows of most pastry shops, and bakeries. It is also sold as individual portion pastry slices and was always my number one pick. I made this cake for my husband’s birthday and it is easy to prepare this impressive cake.
The filing for this cake is a stewed cherry filling. Traditionally tart cherries are used, but for this recipe, I have substituted with sweet cherries because they are easy to find. If fresh cherries are not available, you can substitute with frozen or canned cherries. Maraschino cherries or glazed cherries are also a good option. This is an intense chocolate cake with the flavor of cherry rum. Kirsch has a cherry flavor and will enhance the flavor of your cake. The flavors, intensify the next day, so if you are planning a party make this the day before and let it chill in the refrigerator. Try this recipe and let me know how it turned out for you. Enjoy!
