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Black Forest Cake (Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte)
- Makes
- 12
- Ingredients
- 15
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Ingredients
- 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))
Nutrition · per serving
- Calories
- 668 kcal
- Fat
- 45 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sugar
- 37 g
- Sodium
- 77 mg
- Protein
- 7 g
- Trans fat
- 1 g
- Cholesterol
- 217 mg
- Carbohydrate
- 60 g
- Saturated fat
- 28 g
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