Black Forest Gâteau

Sable Breton:

Mod de preparare:

Jeleu de cirese:

• 400g cirese fara samburi
• 2 linguri brandy
• 150ml apa
• 50g zahar
• 1 stea de anason
• 8g gelatina
• 45ml apa rece

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Cremeux de ciocolata:

• 180ml frisca lichida
• 50ml lapte
• 40g zahar
• 4 galbenusuri
• 3g gelatina
• 15ml apa rece
• 50g ciocolata neagra, bucati

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Mousse de ciocolata:

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Decor din ciocolata

Sa aveti spor la treaba!

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ENGLISH!

The Black Forest Gateau may be a classic, but this recipe steps out of the classic with multiple layers of chocolate creams and a cherry jelly with spiced cherries. Despite what it looks like, the cake is not complicated at all and the final result is sophisticated. Be brave and give it a try! You will love the exquisite taste, the stunning look and the airy, light texture! It’s totally worth every minute spent making it!

It’s not my first try at Black Forest Gateau and probably not the last either. The first time I made the simplest of the versions, using whipped cream, cherries and chocolate, but I couldn’t stop there and felt the need to create a new recipe based on that – a cake fitted for every chocoholic out there, a rich cake that emphasizes the chocolate and cherry combination in the best possible way. And I think I managed to do just that. And you can do it too! It’s a recipe that uses more components but if there is one great thing about this kind of cakes is that you can organize your time and tasks so that the cake is finished in only a few hours or you can spread its making over the course of a few days, it’s all up to you!

The layers of the cake are as follows: sable Breton, cherry jelly, chocolate cremeux, milk chocolate mousse and chocolate decorations.

Sable Breton:

• 100g all-purpose flour
• 25g cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 pinch salt
• 115g butter, softened
• 85g sugar
• 3 egg yolks

Directions:

1. Mix the butter with the sugar until creamy then stir in the egg yolks.
2. Add the flour, cocoa powder, salt and baking powder and mix well.
3. Spoon the batter into a round cake pan (24cm diameter) lined with parchment paper. Level the batter well and freeze for 1 hour.
4. Bake the sable Breton in the preheated oven at 170C for 30-35 minutes.
5. When done, remove from the oven and let it cool down then place the sable Breton on a platter and arrange a cake ring around it. Set aside.

Cherry jelly:

• 400g pitted cherries
• 2 tablespoons brandy
• 150ml water
• 50g sugar
• 1 star anise
• 8g gelatin
• 45ml cold water

Directions:

1. Mix the water, sugar and star anise in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Cook this syrup for 5 minutes then remove from heat and stir in the brandy and cherries.
2. Let them marinate for 1 hour or until chilled.
3. Combine the gelatin with 45ml cold water and let it bloom 10 minutes.
4. Remove half of the cherries from the syrup and place them in a round cake pan (16-18cm diameter) lined with plastic wrap. The pan needs to be smaller in diameter than the sable Breton to obtain the same sliced pattern as in the picture.
5. Remove the star anise from the saucepan then pour the remaining cherries and syrup in a blender and puree until smooth.
6. Pass the mixture through a fine sieve then melt the gelatin for a few seconds in the microwave and mix them together.
7. Pour the cherry puree over the whole cherries into the pan and freeze for 1 hour.
8. When the jelly is set and frozen, remove it from the pan and place it over the sable Breton. Place the cake in the fridge and continue with the other layers.

Chocolate cremeux:

• 180ml heavy cream
• 50ml milk
• 40g sugar
• 4 egg yolks
• 3g gelatin
• 15ml cold water
• 50g dark chocolate, chopped

Directions:

1. Combine the heavy cream and milk in a saucepan and bring to the boiling point.
2. In a bowl, mix the sugar and egg yolks until creamy then pour in the hot milk.
3. Transfer the mixture back into the saucepan and cook over low heat until thick and creamy.
4. Remove from heat and stir in the chocolate. Mix until melted and set aside.
5. Combine the gelatin with the cold water and let it bloom 10 minutes. Melt the gelatin in the microwave or over a water bath for a few seconds and combine it with the chocolate cremeux.
6. Pour the cremeux into a round pan that has the same diameter as the one you made your jelly into (16-18cm diameter). Line the pan with plastic wrap to ensure an easier transfer later on.
7. Freeze the cremeux for 1 hour.
8. Once the cremeux is set and easy to handle, remove it from the pan and place it over the cherry jelly.
9. Place the cake in the fridge and continue with the chocolate mousse.

Chocolate mousse:

• 400ml heavy cream
• 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
• 250g milk chocolate, chopped
• 2 egg yolks
• 50g sugar
• 25ml water
• 4g gelatin
• 20ml cold water

Directions:

1. Combine the gelatin with 20ml cold water and let it bloom 10 minutes.
2. Melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a water bath or in the microwave.
3. Mix the sugar with 25ml water and bring the mixture to a boil to form a syrup.
4. Mix the egg yolks with light then gradually pour in the hot syrup. Turn the speed of the mixer on high and mix until creamy.
5. Melt the gelatin in the microwave or over a water bath for a few seconds. Mix the gelatin with the egg cream.
6. Stir in the melted chocolate and let the mixture cool down.
7. Whip the heavy cream with the powdered sugar until stiff. Fold the whipped cream into the chocolate then pour the mousse into the cake ring, around the cherry jelly and cremeux.
8. Refrigerate a few hours then remove the cake from the ring.

Chocolate decorations

For the chocolate decorations I used 100g dark chocolate, melted.

Measure and cut a strip of baking paper that is as high as your cake and as long as the total diameter of your cake. I recommend you to measure properly before cutting the strip of paper.

Spoon the melted chocolate into a plastic bag (more convenient to use in my opinion) and cut a small hole at one corner. Drizzle the chocolate over the paper strip then carefully wrap the paper strip around the cake, making sure the ends come together well. Refrigerate 30 minutes then carefully remove the paper strip.

For the top decoration I measured the cake and marked a round on a sheet of baking paper. Then I traced the round with melted chocolate. To place the chocolate round on top of the cake, I piped small dots of whipped cream then arrange the chocolate round over them. The cherries and cocoa powder in the center were the final touch.

Refrigerate the cake for a few hours before serving.

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