Black Forest Cake, a German recipe from the Worldwide Gourmet

Ingredients

• - 6 eggs
• - 50 g (2 oz.) powdered sugar
• - 100 g (3 1/2 oz.) butter, at room temperature
• - 75 g (3 oz.) powdered almonds
• - 100 g (3 1/2 oz.) dark chocolate (version 1) or cocoa powder (version 2)
• - 50 g (2 oz.) flour
• - 1/2 packet baking powder
• - 1 tsp. vanilla
• - 500 g (18 oz.) fresh black cherries, or from a jar
• - 100 ml (3 1/2 oz.) kirsch
• - 2 tsp. vanilla
• - 400 ml (1 1/2 cups) cream
• - 100 g (3 1/2 oz.) dark chocolate (70%) shavings
• - 100 g (3 1/2 oz.) white chocolate shavings
• - 25 g (1 oz.) icing sugar