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Black Forest Torte

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Prep: 0 min Cook: 0 min Servings: 12 Difficulty: medium

Categories: Dessert, Baked

Tags: baking, german, medium difficulty, recipes for dessert, recipes using butter, recipes using cherry, recipes using chocolate, recipes using crumb crust, recipes using egg, recipes using heavy cream, recipes with images, recipes with metric units

Source: Wikibooks contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook%3ABlack_Forest_Torte)

Adapted: Imported and reformatted by HowManyCookies from the cited Wikibooks revision.

Source revision: https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook%3ABlack%20Forest%20Torte&oldid=4587383

License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) · Wikibooks contributors

Ingredients

Crust

  • 1¼ cups chocolate wafer crumbs
  • ¼ cup white granulated sugar
  • ¼ cup butter, melted

Filling

  • ½ cup butter
  • 6 squares (6 ounces / 180 g) semisweet chocolate, chopped
  • 3 eggs
  • ⅔ cup white granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ⅔ cup all-purpose flour

Topping

  • 1 can (21 ounces / 600 g) cherry pie filling
  • 2 squares (1 ounce / 30 g) each) semisweet chocolate, chopped
  • 1 tablespoon heavy whipping cream

Directions

Crust

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
  2. In a small bowl, combine wafer crumbs and sugar; stir in butter.
  3. Press onto the bottom and up the sides of a lightly greased 11-inch (30 cm) tart pan with removable bottom.
  4. Place pan on baking sheet.
  5. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned.
  6. Cool on a wire rack.

Filling

  1. In a microwave-safe bowl, melt butter and chocolate; stir until smooth.
  2. Cool for 10 minutes.
  3. In a large mixing bowl, Beat the eggs, sugar, vanilla, and salt until thickened, about 4 minutes.
  4. Blend in chocolate mixture.
  5. Add the flour and mix well.
  6. Pour into crust; spread evenly.
  7. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
  8. Cool completely on a wire rack.

Topping

  1. Spread pie filling over the top.
  2. In a small microwave bowl, combine chocolate and cream.
  3. Microwave on high for 20 to 30 seconds or until chocolate is melted; stir until smooth.
  4. Cool for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  5. Drizzle over tart.
  6. Chill until set.