By BBC Good Food
Black Forest gateau
Instructions
Cook:40min
Impress your guests with this chocolate and cherry layered cream cake. Our easy Black Forest cake is a revamped version of a retro classic.
Updated at: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:15:36 GMT
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Ingredients
10 servings
175gsalted butter
plus extra for the tin
200gdark chocolate
300gplain flour
375ggolden caster sugar
25gcocoa
1 tspbicarbonate of soda
2eggs
200gbuttermilk
or natural yogurt
425gcan pitted cherries
drained with 2 tbsp juice reserved
100gmorello cherry jam
60mlkirsch
or more juice from the can if you want it to be non-alcoholic
500mldouble cream
3 Tbspicing sugar
1 punnetfresh cherries
optional
Instructions
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Moist
Special occasion
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