Black Forest Torte
If you've got chocolate wafer crumbs, semisweet chocolate squares and tinned pitted cherries, drained, you're most of the way to this vegetarian: about 65 minutes of cooking across 7 steps. Below: the ingredients split into pantry staples and a quick shopping list, a built-in serving scaler, and the method in 7 steps.
You'll mainly reach for oven and pan. At medium difficulty across 7 steps, it's manageable with a little attention. As written, it's meat-free.
What you'll need
Shopping list (5)
Pantry staples (you likely have these)
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How to make it
- Preheat the oven to 175 C / 350 F and line and grease a round cake tin, dusting the base with some of the chocolate wafer crumbs.
- Melt the semisweet chocolate squares with the butter over a pan of barely simmering water, then stir until smooth and let it cool slightly.
- Beat the eggs with the sugar and vanilla until thick and pale, then fold in the melted chocolate mixture.
- Sift in the flour and salt and fold gently with the remaining wafer crumbs until just combined, then pour into the tin.
- Bake for 30 to 35 minutes until the centre is just set and a skewer comes out with a few moist crumbs, then cool completely in the tin before turning out.
- Whip the cream to soft peaks, and toss the drained cherries with the kirsch.
- Split the cooled torte in half, sandwich with whipped cream and half the cherries, then top with the rest of the cream and cherries and chill for at least an hour before slicing.
You'll use: Oven · Pan · Saucepan
Ingredient substitutions
- Butter
- olive oil (¾ the amount) · coconut oil · margarine
- Eggs
- ¼ cup unsweetened applesauce (baking) · 1 tbsp ground flax + 3 tbsp water per egg
Tips & common questions
How long does Black Forest Torte take to make?
About 65 minutes from start to finish — an estimate based on the 7 steps and 11 ingredients. Times vary with your kitchen and how much prep you do ahead.
What can I use instead of butter?
Try olive oil (¾ the amount). See the substitutions section above for more swaps.
Can I scale this recipe up or down?
Yes — use the servings control above the ingredients and every quantity rescales automatically (fractions included). Cooking times stay roughly the same; very large batches may need a little longer.
Is Black Forest Torte vegetarian?
Its ingredients contain no meat or fish, so it's suitable for vegetarians. Check any cheeses for animal rennet if that matters to you.
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Black Forest Torte is an original recipe developed in-house by Consomee. Photo: Torte 1a.jpg by Manfred Brückels. (Eisenacher at de.wikipedia), CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons. We add the serving scaler, ingredient tools, timing and structure on top — how we source recipes.