Black Forest Gâteau ***

Name: Black Forest Gâteau *** (Forêt Noire)
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 2 h 15 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: Generous ¾ cup (200 ml) simple syrup with kirsch or Cointreau, cooled; 5¼ oz. (150 g) dark couverture chocolate, 70% cacao; 1½ tbsp (10 g) unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 tsp (3 g) baking powder; Scant ½ cup (3 oz./80 g) sugar; ½ cup (2 oz./60 g) AP flour; 3 eggs (⅔ cup/150 g); Butter and AP flour for the pan; 6 cherry stems; 1 quantity (11½ oz./325 g) Chocolate Chantilly Cream; 2¾ oz. (80 g) marzipan; Confectioners’ sugar, for dusting; 7 oz. (200 g) Morello cherries, halved and pitted; 1 tbsp (20 g) clarified butter, melted and cooled; ½ quantity (2¼ oz./65 g) raspberry glaze; 7 oz. (200 g) Chantilly cream; Chocolate shapes; Milk chocolate, for shaving; 2 tbsp (20 g) cornstarch

Forêt Noire

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
2 hr 30

Appears in

French Pastries and Desserts by Lenôtre

By Chefs at Lenôtre

Published 2021

About

Ingredients

Chocolate genoise sponge

Butter and AP flour for the pan
3 eggs (⅔ cup/150 g<

Europe
France
Cake
Mediterranean
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C/Gas Mark 4). Grease the cake pan with butter and dust with flour.
To prepare the chocolate genoise sponge, make the genoise batter following the instructions. Sift the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and cornstarch