![]() ![]() Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte was first mentioned in writing in 1934. This claim, however, has never been substantiated. The confectioner Josef Keller (1887–1981) claimed to have invented Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte in its present form in 1915 at the then prominent Café Agner in Bad Godesberg, now a suburb of Bonn about 500 km north of the Black Forest. A version from the canton of Basel also exists. Today, the Swiss canton of Zug is world-renowned for its Zuger Kirschtorte, a biscuit-based cake which formerly contained no Kirschwasser. Cherries, cream, and Kirschwasser were first combined in the form of a dessert in which cooked cherries were served with cream and Kirschwasser, while a cake combining cherries, biscuit and cream (but without Kirschwasser) probably originated in Germany. This is the ingredient, with its distinctive cherry pit flavor and alcoholic content, that gives the cake its flavour. The cake is named not directly after the Black Forest ( Schwarzwald) mountain range in southwestern Germany but rather from the specialty liquor of that region, known as Schwarzwälder Kirsch(wasser) and distilled from tart cherries. German statutory interpretation states Kirschwasser as a mandatory ingredient, otherwise the cake is legally not allowed to be marketed as Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte. In the United States, Black Forest cake is most often prepared without alcohol. Traditionally, Kirschwasser (a clear liquor distilled from tart cherries) is added to the cake, although other liquors are also used (such as rum, which is common in Austrian recipes). In some European traditions sour cherries are used both between the layers and for decorating the top. Then the cake is decorated with additional whipped cream, maraschino cherries, and chocolate shavings. Typically, Black Forest cake consists of several layers of chocolate cake, with whipped cream and cherries between each layer. Black Forest gateau ( British English) and Black Forest cake ( American English and Australian English) are the English names for the German dessert Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte ( pronounced ), literally " Black Forest cherry torte". ![]()
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