Then the cherry filling in the middle of the cupcakes. First of all the cherry soak which is soaked into the chocolate sponge. There are two 'cherry' parts to my Black Forest Cupcakes. It's so hard not to just eat this all right out of the pan! The sweet cherry filling is arguably the best part of this cupcake! It's real cherries in an irresistible sweet and boozy syrup that soaks right into the cherry flesh.
Personally, I think it's the addition of Amaretto which just gives it that extra something special. But the real star of the show is that sweet cherry filling. What makes these Black Forest Cupcakes different and special? First of all, I use the recipe from my Irresistible Chocolate Cake for the chocolate cupcakes - that's always a winner. unless you attempted to eat the entire cake solo. You rarely feel that stuffed, bloated feeling after eating Black Forest Cake. At the same time, the cherry soak and filling lift up the chocolate sponge into something a little more sophisticated. The whipped cream topping compliments the other flavours but doesn't overpower - it makes the cake lighter. Traditional Black Forest Cake uses Kirsch, but I like the flavour combination of cherry brandy and amaretto - and that's what goes into these cupcakes! Though all the ingredients sound incredibly rich, when brought together it makes actually a rather light cake - at least in comparison to your standard piece of cake with layers of thick, sweet frosting etc.Ĭake soaked in booze sounds like a pretty great idea no matter how you think of it.
When I was a kid I used to just see the chocolate in Black Forest Cake and think 'I want that!' But the beauty of Black Forest Cake is that it ticks a lot of boxes for very different tastes. Deliciously moist chocolate cupcakes soaked in a reduction of cherry syrup, cherry brandy, and amaretto for an Italian twist, a surprise centre of two whole cherries and topped with freshly whipped cream - just as it should be. With these Black Forest Cupcakes, I wanted to create that old classic's cool teenage niece. Black Forest Cake is a cake we have all tried, it has survived through the ages as a classic.
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