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I use a 2D Closed Star Piping Tip to decorate!įind my other Cake Recipes on my Recipes Page!.

This cake will last for 3 days in an airtight container!.

You can also bake this into two layers rather than three layers by using two 20cm tins – they will take 35-40 minutes in the oven!.

I used Buttercream so it lasts much better!

You can use fresh cream filling in the cake instead if you liked, but the cake needs to be stored in the fridge if you do.

If you can’t access it, you can use normal kirsch, but buy another 300 of cherries and soak them in kirsch over night before baking the cake.

I bought my Cherries in Kirsch Jar in Tesco.

Dark Chocolate Curls were a given for me, but thats an optional one of course! I hope you like this recipe as much as I do, enjoy! x On the top, I created a barrier with the Buttercream to pile the Kirsch soaked Cherries into the middle, and then decorated with some fresh cherries to boot. Because this cake is so soft and delicious already, I decided to use a Cherry Conserve/Jam on each layer of the cake, with some of the buttercream after having soaked Kirsch into the sponges. In my No-Bake Black Forest Cheesecake I used Cherries in the filling of the Cheesecake, and drizzled jam and such on top. You could add Kirsch to the buttercream as well if you wanted, but I like that the buttercream is different to the cake. I used Double Cream in the buttercream to smooth it down into the best textured buttercream I’ve eaten in a long time, and it helps give it a creamy heavenly flavour. I decided to use a Vanilla Buttercream for my cake which immediately strays from the classic, but I didn’t want to have to store my cake in the fridge like if you use cream. I jazzed it up a little by using the Liquid from the Cherries in Kirsch jar to soak into the sponges to make it delicious Black Forest like and ohmydays it was so tasty! The Buttermilk in the sponge, mixed with the bicarbonate and other ingredients helps give it a deliciously light and moreish texture. It enhances the flavour of the chocolate, and it helps make it the perfect texture. It does use Coffee in the sponge but you can’t taste it! I get so many comments all of the time, but honestly, you cannot taste the coffee inside it. I went for using the same sponge as my Chocolate Fudge Cake because its just so damn delicious and perfect in my eyes. I will say from the beginning that this is my version and interpretation of a Black Forest Gateau, and I loooove it, but its not the most classic attempt ever. I have recently found my love for all things Black Forest with the help of my Black Forest Brownies and my No-Bake Black Forest Cheesecake, I thought it was about time to post a Cake Version.

Please see my disclosure for more details!*Ī Three Layer, Chocolate and Kirsch Sponge, with Vanilla Buttercream, and all things Cherry and Chocolate.

German black forest cake taste of home