Black Forest cake | Recipe | Kitchen Stories

Ingredients

• 12.25 oz morello cherries (pitted, in juice)
• 7 eggs
• 0.25 tsp salt
• 1.5 cups sugar (divided)
• 1.25 cups flour
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 0.5 tsp baking powder
• 0.75 cup starch (divided)
• 0.33 cup cocoa powder
• 0.25 cup butter
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 0.25 tsp cinnamon
• 0.33 cup cherry brandy (divided)
• 4.25 cups heavy cream (divided)
• 4 tsp vanilla sugar (divided)
• 8.5 tsp cream of tartar (divided)
• 1 tbsp cherry juice
• 1 cup chocolate shavings for garnish
• 12 fresh cherries for garnish
• butter for greasing