Classic Black Forest cake with Black Forest cherries

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 day

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make a classic Black Forest cherry cake? The first step is to prepare the chocolate sponge cake. Prepare everything you need for him. Sift flour and starch through a sieve to saturate with oxygen. Take natural cocoa, without added sugar. I also sift cocoa through a sieve. There are lumps in it, which then do not dissolve in the dough. Melt the butter.

2. STEP 2

   

   To prepare the sponge cake, combine eggs with sugar and place in a water bath. Stirring constantly, bring to a temperature of 43 degrees (the mixture should be slightly warmer than body temperature).

3. STEP 3

   

   Then remove the bowl from the heat and beat the eggs and sugar until fluffy and fluffy. In this case, the mass will greatly increase in size.

4. STEP 4

   

   Mix flour, starch, cocoa and soda by hand with a whisk. Mix everything carefully, from bottom to top, so that the dough remains fluffy. Focus on the consistency of the dough, because you may need more or less flour than I did. The dough should be moderately liquid, not stiff.

5. STEP 5

   

   Add melted butter little by little and mix it into the dough.

6. STEP 6

   

   For baking, take an 18-20 cm springform pan. Cover the bottom of the pan with parchment and press it with the sides. Pour the finished dough into the mold. Turn the form with the dough a little in one direction. This is necessary so that the dough is distributed more evenly and does not rise in a mound during baking. Place the dough in the oven, preheated to 180 degrees, for 45-60 minutes. Be guided by your oven.

7. STEP 7

   

   You can check the readiness of the biscuit by piercing it with a wooden skewer. If it remains dry, then the biscuit is ready. The finished biscuit will spring back a little when pressed. Remove the biscuit from the mold, cool, wrap in cling film and place in the refrigerator overnight to rest. This biscuit will be easier to cut. Cut the resting sponge cake into 3 layers.

8. STEP 8

   

   To prepare the cherry filling, take cherries and sugar.

9. STEP 9

   

   Bring the cherries and sugar to a boil and simmer for 3-4 minutes. Then cool. Drain in a colander. The cherries will be used for the cake, and soak the biscuit cakes with the remaining juice.

10. STEP 10

    

    To prepare the cream, combine cream with a fat content of 33-35% with powdered sugar and beat until a fluffy, stable cream is obtained. Separate 1/3 of the cream for decoration. And stir cocoa into the remaining cream.

11. STEP 11

    

    Coat the soaked sponge cakes with cream and add cherries to the filling.

12. STEP 12

    

    Assemble the cake.

13. STEP 13

    

    For decoration, you can grate chocolate or make chocolate chips. To do this, place the chocolate in the microwave for 5-7 seconds. The shavings are easily made with a paring knife. The chocolate may require several rounds of heating. It shouldn't melt. But the knife should move smoothly along it.

14. STEP 14

    

    Lightly coat the sides of the cake with the reserved cream. Then sprinkle the sides with chocolate. Decorate the top with cream caps and cocktail cherries, and fill the cent with chocolate curls. Place the finished cake in the refrigerator for several hours until it hardens and soaks well.

15. STEP 15

    

    Enjoy your tea!

Comments on the recipe

Varvara

22.11.2023

4.7

The combination of ingredients (cherry, chocolate, cream...) is just perfect! There is another cake with the same ingredients - Heavenly Delight!

SathMari

22.11.2023

4.9

Wonderful recipe, thank you!!! This was my first attempt at the Black Forest, and it turned out great! Special thanks for the explanations on the cakes. I didn't know they needed to be refrigerated - the cut came out perfect! We celebrated my husband's birthday, and everyone was delighted with the cake and said that I had reached a professional level))) Thank you again!!!

julija

22.11.2023

4.9

Judging by the composition of the dough and the combination with sour cream, the cake is delicious. Looks very tasty. Only I would prefer to boil the cherries in liqueur for a couple of minutes or add a little prunes boiled in wine. This will give an original flavor to the taste.

Nataly

22.11.2023

4.6

The cake is truly delicious and exquisite: the combination of cherries, cocoa and buttercream is very successful. The only caveat: cherry tincture is listed among the ingredients, but this point is omitted in the description of the recipe itself. And alcohol really comes in handy here

Cherry

22.11.2023

4.5

Wonderful cake!!! It turned out very tasty and beautiful. The combination of chocolate and sour cream has been tried for a long time and is always a winner. I will please my family more often =)

Julia

22.11.2023

4.9

It turns out a very tasty cake. And it’s not at all difficult to prepare. But I would also add a couple of spoons of sour cream to the dough, then the cake will be even softer and tastier.

Alisa

22.11.2023

4.8

Very tasty cake, I love cherries.