Black Forest Cherry Cake Schwartzwaelderkirschtorte
From pieplate 15 years agoIngredients
- 7 oz butter/ 1 ¾ sticks shopping list
- 7 oz granulated sugar/ 7/8 c (over 5000’: minus 1 T) shopping list
- 1 t vanilla shopping list
- 7 oz bittersweet chocolate (at least 50% cocoa solids) shopping list
- 5 eggs (over 5000’: keep chilled until just before using) shopping list
- 1 T strong coffee *or* rum *or* even ½ t almond extract (over 5000’: shopping list
- ¾ t) shopping list
- pinch of salt shopping list
- 4 oz flour/1 c minus 2 T (over 5000’: 1 c minus 1 T) shopping list
- 2 oz cornstarch/ ¼ c shopping list
- 1 t baking powder (over 5000’: ¾ t) shopping list
- 3 oz ground blanched almonds/ at least ¾ c ( I always used much more than this, and it was fine) shopping list
- For the filling: shopping list
- 1 pint whipping cream shopping list
- 2 oz powdered sugar/ ½ c or less shopping list
- ½ t vanilla extract shopping list
- 1 c well-drained canned or defrosted frozen cherries, NOT prepared for pie filling, sprinkled with 2 T granulated sugar just before using shopping list
How to make it
- Method:
- Cream the butter and gradually add the sugar, then vanilla, then melted chocolate, then eggs (one at a time), then salt and then whatever other flavoring.
- Sift the flour and measure; sift again with the cornstarch and baking powder. Fold into the batter a heaping spoonful at a time.
- Bake 40-45 min, or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out oily and with some crumbs rather than with batter.
- Assembly:
- Let the cake sit in the pan 10 min, then remove and set on a rack. Cool it completely.
- Slice through twice, into three layers. Use a serrated knife, or even dental floss (encircle the cake at the desired spot, pull tighter; when the floss has bitten through an inch or so, saw the floss back and forth across the cake.) Uneven layers are not the end of the world.
- Set the bottom layer on the cake plate you will be using, crumb-side down.
- Spread the layer with less than a quarter of the whipped cream.
- Then, distribute half the cherries over the whipped cream.
- Repeat for the next layer.
- Place the top layer on top.
- Decorate with a modest layer of whipped cream and a *very* light dusting of cocoa.
- Let it rest in the refrigerator perhaps an hour before serving.
- I’ve seen it decorated with maraschino cherries, but not in Germany. I wouldn’t do it.
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