![]() Last year I made Chocolate Halloween Cookies and this year I decided to take the Halloween baking up a notch. To get in the spirit of Halloween I also decided to do some Halloween baking. I love the way they look on the cake and help make the cake look more black and white to match the film.We decided to fully embrace Halloween this year, and went a little bit nuts buying decorations for our house - plastic flying bat decorations, glowing skulls, carved pumpkins, skeletons and fake hands, we have it all. I am not fond of the waxy red maraschino cherries so I used these gorgeous dark bordeaux cherries I found at Whole Foods. This cake is garnished with black cherries, although often seen garnished with maraschino cherries. You can substitute cherry juice or cherry flavoring but it won't quite tase the same and the juice will turn the whipped cream pink. The cake can be made non-alcoholic but to keep the authentic Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte name the Kirschwasser ( clear cherry brandy) must be used. I can see how this cake is so popular and has been for years and years. The cake isn't overly sweet, the tang from the brandied cherries works so well with the lightly sweetened cream and chocolate cake. The chocolate curls are the classic garnish to this cake along with the cherries on top. The cake is lightly frosted with the whipped cream as well. The filling between cake layers are the brandied cherries mixed into the boozy, sweetened whipped cream. The cake is very light and has added flavor with the brandied cherry juice brushed onto the layers after baking. It is usually two layers, I went with three since I love to make huge cakes. This cake cane be made in a variety of ways, layer cake being the most popular. A chocolate sponge cake, made light and fluffy with whipping eggs and sugar to triple their size before baking, brandied cherries, kirschwasser, a clear cherry brandy, in the whipped cream, with chocolate curls and cherries for garnish. German Black Forest cake is a classic German dessert. Frankenstein says " I'm not partial to desserts myself, but this is quite good." as he is eating the cake. They are eating dessert, which is the cake I have made for this post, Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte (German Black Forest Cake). Frankenstein in a tux, Inga in an evening gown. They think their experiment hasn't worked and are sitting down for what looks like a very formal dinner. Frankenstein to find his grandfather's laboratory and private library.įollowing the sounds to get to the private library begins with one of my most favorite scenes in the film, "Put the candle back!!" Frau Blücher ( cue the horses freaking out) is the house manager and lures Dr. He soon sets off for Transylvania to see the castle he has inherited that includes his great grandfather's laboratory where he used to bring back the dead to life. He meets Igor ( pronounced EYE-gore, not EEE-gore) and Inga, his laboratory assistants. ![]() Frankenstein ( Pronounced FRONK-en-Steen not Frank-en-Stein in the movie) in his college medical class with a visit from a clergyman with his great grandfather's will. Young Frankenstein is such a well made movie, so funny, so many classic lines and amazing acting. Gene Wilder, the star of "Young Frankenstein" recently passed away and I had been meaning to make this cake for a while now, and now with his passing as well as Turner Classic Movies honoring him this week I felt it was fitting to share it. This cake isn't quite " Seven and a half feet long. I made mine 3 tall layers to be larger than life similar to the creature in Young Frankenstein. It is one of my favorite cakes, one that is in my Grandma's recipe box I inherited, and part of one of my absolute favorite movies, "Young Frankenstein" by Mel Brooks.Ĭlassic German Black Forest Cakes are usually 2-3 small layers, typically one layer baked cut into three layers. I have had this Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte ( German Black Forest Cake) on my to bake for my blog list for a long time now. Spiked with cherry liqueur, this is a showstopper of a cake in both taste and presentation. Towering layers of chocolate cake filled with whipped cream, dark cherries and decorated with chocolate curls. ![]() Jump to Recipe Print Recipe Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte, also known as German Black Forest Cake. ![]()
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