Black Forest gâteau

I'm a huge fan of boozy desserts together with this cake is no exception. I must enjoin it's i of my all fourth dimension favorites.
When I made roughly query for my foremost mass , I realized that the Swedish Schwarzwald cake I had been eating all my life was something completely dissimilar than the German linguistic communication Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte (also known every bit the Black Forest cake/gâteau). The Swedish Schwarzwald cake consists of hazelnut meringue layers , whipped cream together with chocolate together with is of course of pedagogy also i of my favorites. Definitely something for a time to come blogpost.

Anyway , this is my version of the Black woods cake. Wait , let's telephone weep upward it gâteau instead. Black woods gâteau. Sounds so much fancier. It consists of iii fluffy layers of chocolate cake drenched inwards kirsch syrup , mascarpone frosting , cherries inwards kirsch , shaved chocolate , chocolate ganache together with fresh cherries. I intend that's all. Phew.











black woods gâteau
Serves 6-8

Recipe adapted from my mass Lomelinos tårtor

Notes virtually this recipe:
-Bring egg together with sour cream to room temperature earlier beginning.
-For the filling , you lot tin forcefulness out ever utilisation store-bought cherries inwards rum if you lot don't experience similar making your ain cherries inwards kirsch.
-The frosting recipe makes slightly to a greater extent than than you lot involve for filling the cake every bit it's a fiddling hard to scale downwardly this recipe. You could ever utilisation the extra frosting for pipe dollops on meridian of the cake , together with so putting the cherries on meridian , similar so.
-This cake is actually , actually tall together with thence it powerfulness move inwards involve of roughly support. Placing a skewer inwards the center of the cake when moving it is non a bad idea. I seat a skewer inwards mine , together with so allow the cake laid for twenty minutes inwards the refrigerator , later that it was surprisingly stable. I was fifty-fifty able to accept the cake along for a ride inwards the machine (with me asset the cake of course)!
-If you lot desire a to a greater extent than stable cake , bake the cakes inwards ii or iii 8 or ix inch pans instead (but brand certain to adjust baking time).


Ingredients
Cake
50 g butter (a scant 1/2 stick)
1 1/4 loving cup (180 g) all run flour
1/3 loving cup + 1 1/2 tbsp (20 g) cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
pinch of salt
1 loving cup (225 g) granulated sugar
1 large egg
2/3 loving cup sour cream
1/3 loving cup + 1 1/2 tbsp hot water

Cherries inwards kirsch
250 g whole cherries (weight amongst pits together with all)
1 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/4 loving cup kirsch liqueur
1/4 loving cup granulated sugar

Dark chocolate ganache
50 g nighttime chocolate
1/4 loving cup heavy cream
1 tbsp butter

Mascarpone frosting
1 tub (250 g) mascarpone cheese
3-4 tbsp powdered sugar
1/3 loving cup + 1 1/2 tbsp heavy cream

Decoration
100 g milk chocolate , shaved or grated
Fresh cherries for the top



Directions
Cake
1. Heat oven to 175°C (350F).
2. Butter together with flour iii six inch (15 cm) cake pans. Melt the butter together with allow it cool.
3. Sift flour , cocoa pulverization , baking pulverization together with baking soda inwards a large bowl. Add all other ingredients -salt , saccharide , egg , sour cream , melted butter together with hot water. Stir until completely smooth.
4. Divide batter betwixt the iii prepared cake pans.
5. Bake for 20-22 minutes , together with so allow the cakes cool for 10 minutes inwards their pans earlier inverting them onto a cooling rack. Let cakes cool completely earlier using.

Cherries inwards kirsch
1. Pit together with halve the cherries together with seat them inwards a saucepan amongst the lemon juice , kirsch together with sugar. Let come upward to a boil together with and so allow simmer for virtually xv minutes , stirring carefully every straight off together with and so , until the cherries are soft but non mushy.
2. Pour the mixture through a strainer , amongst a bowl underneath to reserve the liquids. Put the cherries inwards roughly other bowl to cool.
3. Prick holes inwards the cakes amongst a toothpick together with brush amongst roughly of the kirsch liquid. If you lot want to brand a thicker syrup (which you lot tin forcefulness out pour over the cake) , seat the remaining liquid dorsum inwards the sauce pan together with allow simmer for virtually v minutes or until thickened. Pour into a bowl together with allow cool completely.

Dark chocolate ganache
1. Chop the chocolate finely together with seat inwards a bowl.
2. Heat the cream together with butter inwards a saucepan until hot but non boiling , together with so pour the cream mixture on meridian of the chocolate. Leave for thirty seconds , together with so stir until completely smooth. Leave to cool to spreadable consistency.

Mascarpone frosting
Beat the mascarpone together with saccharide until creamy. Add the heavy cream together with whip until thick.

Assembly
1. Put the foremost cake layer on a serving platter or cake stand. Spread a thick layer of mascarpone frosting on top. Put one-half of the kirsch cherries on meridian , together with so add together roughly grated/shaved chocolate.
2. Put the side past times side cake layer on together with repeat the same steps every bit before.
3. Top amongst the 3rd together with final cake layer. Spread a thick layer of ganache on top. Decorate amongst fresh cherries together with chocolate shavings , together with if you lot want , the thickened kirsch syrup.