![]() March 28 National Black Forest Cake Day in AmericaĪ torte is actually a cake that is made with ground nuts instead of flour. Sour cherries from theīlack Forest were soaked in Kirschwasser and then served simply with whipped cream. Probably before the debut of the Black Forest Cherry torte. Many recipes for this cake use soaked cherries in Kirschwasser. There is a Festival celebrating this cake in Germany in Todtnauberg, Germany in the Black Forest. Today however it is perhaps the most well known cake in Germany Town archivist of Tübingen, Germany Udo Rauch uncovered a picture showing pastry chef Erwin Hildenbrand of Cafe Walz in Tübingen making a Black Forest cake.ġ934 Black Forest Cake was first mentioned in writing ("250 Cake - Specialty and how they are created" by JM Erich Weber, Dresden, 1934).Īt this time it was mainly in Berlin. ![]() Renate Helm was kind enough to send me this picture of having a nice piece of Schwatzwalder Kirschtorte in Cafe Schaffer. His son, Claus Schaefer, the current Konditormeister of the Triberg Café Schaefer, inherited the book and the original recipe and has thus been able to carry on making Josef Keller’s original. After many years of collaboration, Josef Keller gave August Schaefer his recipe book which contained the original recipe. ![]() August Schaefer learned the trade as the apprentice to Josef Keller in Radolfzell from 1924 to 1927. In the year 1915 he created for the first time what he called a “Schwarzwaelder Kirsch”, or “Black Forest Cherry”.Īfter his time in the military, Josef Keller established his own café in Radolfzell. Keller was the pastry chef in the Café “Ahrend” (today called Agner) in Bad Godesberg. Josef Keller (1887-1981) is the inventor of the Black Forest cherry cake. This account is written by pastry chef Claus Schaeffer who ownsĬafe Schaffer in Triberg, Germany, (in the Black Forest area of Germany) There are 2 different claims as to who made the first Black forest Cherry torte. red is for single and black is for married. The giant wool pompoms also signify marital status. The hat is coincidentally similar in weight they say to the cake you buy in the Black Forest. The black dress is the dark chocolate cake, the white shirt with Balloon puffy sleeves are the light real whipped cream, the 8-11 red pompoms are the cherries, and the black undulating lace veil shielding the young women's eyes are represented by the chocolate curls. Nobody is sure that the ingredients were chosen to resemble the hat, but it is a nice coincidence. You will also see the famous Bollenhut (hat shown on the left) that resembles the colors of the Black forest cherry cake. It is also famous for its cuckoo clocks, dark chocolate, Morello cherries, and Kirsch, the double-distilled clear alcohol they produce from the cherries The Black Forest is an area in Southwest Germany that got it's name many centuries ago from how thick and wooded it use to be with fir and pine trees This cake is named for the Black Forest area in Germany and features one of it's main crops, cherries. While the recipes can vary slightly, for the most part Black Forest Cherry Torte or as it is called in Germany Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte is a sponge cake or Gateau style chocolate cake soaked with cherry schnapps (Kirschwasser) and filled with whipped cream, cherries and chocolate shavings, and frosted with the same.
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