Origin:

According to legend, in ancient times, whenever there was a good harvest of cherries in the Black Forest area, farmers not only made extra cherries into jam, but also generously placed them in the interlayer of cakes, or carefully decorated them one by one when making cakes. When making whipped cream for cakes, a lot of cherry juice will be added ~ and this cake with cherries and whipped cream as the main raw materials will become the so-called "black forest cake" after it is spread from the black forest to other places!

Although most pastry chefs in Germany use a lot of chocolate when making black forest at present, the real protagonist of black forest cake is delicious and rich cherry! In the past, there were cases in Germany where consumers sued the black forest cake for its low cherry content. Therefore, the German government has also made relevant regulations on this national treasure black forest. For example, the cream part of the black forest cake must contain at least 80 grams of cherry juice!

So black forest really doesn't mean black. And black forest cake is not synonymous with chocolate cake! The Black Forest is a mountainous area in the southwest of Germany, from baden-baden, baden-baden to Frejborg, belonging to the Black Forest Area.