What is the Black Forest cake?
Long before Ben & Jerry created Cherry Garcia® ice cream, a combination of cherry ice cream, cherry and small chocolate chocolates, German bakers, and then bakers around the world, they produced Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte in the US as a black forest. The German name comes from Schwarzwälde or Black Forest, an area of dense forest, beautiful Highlands and popular tourist areas for visitors to Germany. It is said that cherry trees are prolonged in the Black Forest, and in the past it may be or has been a tradition for the new married couples in the region to plant a cherry tree. Chef Josef Keller claims that in 1915 he invented the recipe, but it is known that the recipe first appeared in the press until the early 1930s. There is a suggestion that this cake could have been made in the 16th century.
It is important to note that the German version of the cake is slightly different from the American versions. In the earliest printed versions of the cake, acid cherries are used between Gateau chocolate layers, often lightweightMushroom cake. The layers can receive the soaking of cherry brandy or Kirsch (cherry liqueur). The cake is covered with a sweet whipped cream, which can also be added to each layer, and often completed the shaved chocolate on the sides and top. Instead, crumbs of chocolate cake are sometimes used.
American versions of Black Forest cake tend to skip Kirsch, so the cake is suitable for everyone. Several tourist descriptions of people visiting Germany mention that when a liqueur is added, the cake makes the cake quite intoxicating and you can end the feeling that you have more than dessert, if you eat a few pieces. Others protest against the calories Content, which may vary in recipes. Yet it is clear that whipped cream, chocolate cake and cherries do not produce a diet bowl exactly.
For a moment, postponing calories aside, it should be stated that many people are fans of the black forest of the cake and we all need treatment occasionally. There are some remarkable disputes in the cake recipes. For exampleSome recipes indicate the use of cherry cake fillings to obtain a more acidic taste of cherry, while other recipes indicate the Maraschino cherry for layers. If you do not like your cake very sweet, using the cherry cake or the position of your own cherries and soaking in sugar and a little lemon juice for several hours to allow them to macerate, it tends to produce an excellent black forest.
Similarly, you will find certain differences in terms of the number of layers. You can make this cake as a simple two -layer round cake. Alternatively, bake two layers and then cut each layer in half to have three layers with cherry filling. Each layer should be spread relatively thin and the use of whipped cream under the cherry layer can help the black forest cake from wet.
Many bakeries produce cake Black Forest all year round, and you may find that in February it is around the birthday of Washington or President's Day. A reference to cherries may mention often narratedThe story of George Washington, which reduces the cherry tree.