My decadent Black Forest Cake is a timeless showstopper, featuring rich layers of chocolate sponge cake, sweet and tangy cherries, and a light, billowy whipped cream frosting. It’s topped with dark chocolate curls and optional ganache for pure decadence. Every bite is a balance of dark cocoa, juicy fruit, and airy frosting, ensuring this classic German dessert delivers both beauty and flavor.
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44 Comments
You are my favorite cook ! 🎂 🥰 👍
Move the cutter in a circular motion as you cut.
Beautiful
this looks great
I do love cream best of all 😊
Can you use Greek yogurt in place of sour cream?
It's Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte.
I loved the whipped cream bit
Looks delish❤❤❤❤
Okay, John. Just pass the finished cake through the screen, please! My mouth won't stop watering! Looks absolutely divine!
That’s a serious block of chocolate😳
Black Forest cake is one of mine and my mother in law’s favorite cakes! & her birthday happens to be coming up on 02/26! Talk about perfect timing! Your carrot cake recipe is a hit in our household so I’m excited to try this one out as well! Much gratitude for sharing your delicious recipes!
Wow I've never heard of "cake strip/fabric strip" for baking up until now😁 That cake looks absolutely divine❤️
Gorgeous cake. I actually made this cake and put Nutella in the middle with the cherries and ohh my goodness.
One of my favorite cakes ❤
I am German born and raised and would like to give you a tip about keeping your whipped cream stable for many days in the fridge. We use a product in Germany called “Whip It” made by Dr. Oetker which is available on Amazon, it is a tasteless stabilizer for heavy cream and is added at the beginning of whipping the cream, 1 package per cup of cream. Also in Germany sour cherries are used in a “Black Forest Cake” also called in German “Schwartzwelder Kirschtorte”.
That looks so naughty 😋
My husband is from Hamburg Germany. This is his favorite cake. And dang it, now I’m going to have to make it for him myself.
On a more serious note, when I told him I was going to try this at some point, and that was many moons ago, he told me to buy the jar of sour cherries. So that will be my cheat for this. They are already pitted. And instead of using kirsch he told me to macerate the cherries in brandy instead. That is his preference. But otherwise, I guess I am now committed to having to make this for him. I just won’t tell him I’ve recently seen your video. 🤣
Hii,, which brand heavy cream do u use,, plz tell
Love watching and learning!Great job!Thank you
Wait, I thought your weakness was cream pie .
My word. How many whisks does 1 human need?
Can I skip the sour cream?
It looks perfect and delicious !
I’ve done my fair share of Black Forest cake as is my husband’s favorite cake. However our daughter has recently been diagnosed with berries and red berries allergy so she can’t eat a proper Black Forest cake. What could I use instead of the cherries please ? I’d like her to have more than a chocolate cake.
The amount of sugar you use is reprehensible.
Absolutely horrible recipes.
You do not always have to use a damn set of scales to cook you act like everybody don’t know what they’re doing and act like it’s gonna taste like crap if we don’t use this as a scales I’ve never used a set of scales my mom or grandma‘s and on and on and everything turns out perfect. Just pay attention when you’re measuring it up in cups is not that hard to figure out and don’t take a rocket scientist some of the best chefs I’ve seen don’t use scales. The people act like the only way to cook is to use a scale are full of crap.
Cherries are not in season. Can I use canned or frozen dark sweet pitted cherries?
YUM!!!! Love this cake. Make it around Xmas time. I have a cake SAW it is wonderful. That looks like a wire?
🎉😊😊😊😊😊
That cake is just beautiful!
Awesome 👌 yummy Yummy delicious 😋 ❤❤
OMGhhhhh…… Thank you John.
Exotic, Excellent 👌
Great job John, I watched it right through. Was thinking of making my wifes Birthday Cake rather then buying a mediocre one. Thank you
Thank you, John, for this recipe. It helped me create a memorable and very delicious birthday cake for my mother. She loves Black Forest Cake.
Love your kitchen!
I love your recipes, thank you
Thanks for teaching us how to prepare the cake ingredients and mix and bake the black Forest cake .
I didn't know it's original history. I learnt ❤🎉❤
I dint know how the cherries 🍒 are treated with sugar and how the syrup was used to moist the cakes layers .
What a huge piece of chocolate 🍫❤😂❤
I like that you explain the importance of sugar quantity, the temperature of the eggs 🥚🥚 and breaking each egg in a separate container to avoid egg 🥚 shells .
And the importance of hand mixing .
Truly appreciate ❤❤❤
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING
Instead of sour cream can we add buttermilk or yogurt and yes then in what quantity❤
A recipe where John literally put his art.
Please do the 30 day friendship cake, I even a lot of cake in my life but when my mother did a friendship cake some 35 years ago I have never had its equal
This looks really good
I cant have chocolate anymore T_T so i'm making a Strawberry Black Forest cake I grew up in Bavaria and this is one of my favorites