The BFG

For a winter tea party I wanted to make something that suggested snow ploughing between pine trees, deep evergreen forests and beautiful hoar frosts. As a child I loved the food we had when we went skilling: gluwein, frankfurters, sauerkraut and mash with yellow Austrian mustard, raclette, cheese fondue and hot, frothy chocolate drinks. And, of course, Black Forest Gateau.

There is something shiny and pornographic about the cherry. This leads me inevitably to baking a