The rules define it as either “a cake made with Kirschwasser and whipped cream or with Kirschwasser and buttercream, or a combination of the two” - so without the kirsch, the cake isn’t genuine. “…the non-ruined version of Schwarzwälder kirschtorte still thrives on its home ground, where the baking industry works under regulations that require a kirschtorte to be made according to a basic set of guidelines. In Germany, to be considered a true Black Forest cake, there are some requirements: I did happen to come across this German origin recipe, after I was disappointed with the “box mix” version given above: Before this he was working in several places in the Black Forest.ġ949 – The cake was rated the 13th best known cake in Germany.
Today the recipe book and the original recipe for the now world-famous “Schwarzwälder Kirsch” can be found with August Schaefer’s son, Claus Schaefer, the current head chef at Triberg’s Konditorei Schaefer.ġ930 – According to research carried out by Tingen town archivist, Udo Rauch, evidence is also pointing to master patissier, Erwin Hildenbrand, as having invented the Black Forest gateau in the spring of 1930 at the CafWalz in Tingen. His son, Claus Schaefer, the current Konditormeister of the Triberg CafSchaefer, 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 “Schwarzwälder Kirsch”, or “Black Forest Cherry”.Īfter his time in the military, Josef Keller established his own cafin Radolfzell.
Keller was the pastry chef in the Caf“Ahrend” (today called Agner) in Bad Godesberg. Josef Keller (1887-1981) is the inventor of the Black Forest cherry cake. It is thought that the cake is named after this brandy.ġ915 – Following history of the Black Forest Cake from the Cafe Schaefer web site: Combine these cherries with the Germans love of chocolate, and you have this wonderful chocolate confection with cream and cherries. This region is known for its sour cherries and Kirsch or Kirschwasser (a double distilled, clear cherry brandy made from the sour Morello cherry). During this era, chocolate was first integrated into cakes and cookies. The name, Schwarzwald, evokes darkness and mystery coming from the romantic German concept of Waldeinsamkeit or forest-loneliness. 16th Century – Historians believe it originated in the late 16th century in the Black Forest Region (Der Schwarzwald in German) located in the state of Baden-Wttemberg.
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