Cake

Black Forest Gateau

Black Forest gateau or Black Forest cake is a layer cake made out of cocoa powder, cherries, Kirsch, and whipped cream, with dark chocolate as a decoration. The origins of the cake and its name are disputed. However, the cake's recipe from 1927 is kept at an archive in Radolfzell, Germany. Dr. Oetker featured a Black Forest gateau recipe for the first time in their 1951 cookbook. The recipe for the cake was protected by the European Commission in 2013, thus for it to be referred as Black Forest gateau in the European Union, the Kirsch in the cake must be produced from cherries cultivated in the Black Forest region.