How to make 1960's Black Forest Cake | Dining Through The Decades Holiday Edition Ep. 1

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  • Опубліковано 16 гру 2023
  • Hello Darlings, welcome back to the 4th season of Dining Through The Decades! It's a special holiday edition, which means we are jumping through the eras each week instead of staying in the one era! This weeks recipe is from a lovely cookbook from 1969 (thank you to a wonderful subscriber for kindly sending it to me) 💕
    This recipe was divine and I cannot recommend it enough, you HAVE to make it for yourself!
    Black Forest Cake
    Ingredients:
    ½ cup butter or margarine
    1 cup sugar
    6 eggs separated, at room temperature.
    4 1-ounce squares semisweet chocolate melted and cooled.
    Kirsch
    1 ½ cup toasted filberts (hazelnuts), grated in mouli grater.
    ¼ cup unsifted all-purpose flour
    1 1-pound jar red maraschino cherries
    1 ½ tablespoons cornstarch
    1 tablespoon lemon juice
    3 cups heavy cream
    1/3 cup sifted confectioners’ sugar
    Chocolate curls
    Method:
    Cream butter with sugar; beat in egg yolks, 1 at a time. Blend in melted chocolate and 2 tablespoons kirsch. Mix together filberts and flour; stir into butter mixture. Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry. Fold into batter. Turn into greased and floured 8-inch springform pan. Bake in 375 F/ 190 C oven for 1 hour or until cake tests done. Cake may have slight crack. Cool for 10 minutes in pan; remove and cool thoroughly on cake rack.
    Drain maraschino cherries, reserving syrup and 13 cherries for decoration. Slice remaining cherries. Combine cherry syrup and enough kirsch to measure ¾ cup. Gradually blend syrup mixture into cornstarch in saucepan. Add lemon juice. Stir over medium heat until mixture boils, about 30 seconds. Add sliced cherries and cool. Cut cake into 3 layers with long sharp knife. Place top layer inverted on cake platter; spread with cherry filling. Whip cream in large bowl with electric mixer, gradually adding confectioners’ sugar and 4 tablespoons of kirsch. Spread generously over cherry filling; assemble remaining 2 layers, filling and frosting with remaining whipped cream. Decorate with whole cherries and chocolate curls.
    Enjoy and Merry Christmas!
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  • @user-wr2sz1kj1r
    @user-wr2sz1kj1r 6 місяців тому +84

    Start by creaming just the butter then slowly add the sugar.
    When folding in egg whites or whipped cream into a batter, mix in about a third of the whites, then fold in the remaining.
    You can make chocolate curls by shaving a chocolate bar with a vegetable peeler.

  • @Mamaki1987
    @Mamaki1987 6 місяців тому +131

    I grew up close to the Black Forest, so this cake is nothing new to me. But this is the first time I ever saw someone actually make the cake. BTW: The original is called Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte (Black Forest Cherry Cake)

    • @jackieellenbarnes1268
      @jackieellenbarnes1268 6 місяців тому

      Nothing to you? What do you mean?

    • @eggsbenedict99
      @eggsbenedict99 6 місяців тому +7

      @@jackieellenbarnes1268 "nothing new" as in "not new"

    • @jackieellenbarnes1268
      @jackieellenbarnes1268 6 місяців тому +2

      @@eggsbenedict99 , Got it.
      Have a Merry Christmas 🎄

    • @eggsbenedict99
      @eggsbenedict99 6 місяців тому +2

      @@jackieellenbarnes1268 Merry Christmas to you as well 😊❄️

    • @therealJamieJoy
      @therealJamieJoy 6 місяців тому +1

      Merry Christmas to all!

  • @karlathompson3139
    @karlathompson3139 6 місяців тому +52

    Black Forest cake is one of my favorite cakes to make from scratch. And I have been making them for 40 years.

  • @eugenefrancisco1029
    @eugenefrancisco1029 6 місяців тому +55

    This feels like Samantha from Bewitched making a cake without using her witchcraft.

    • @minikaetim573
      @minikaetim573 6 місяців тому +2

      Very accurate, its the same vibe

  • @scarletfire5480
    @scarletfire5480 6 місяців тому +33

    Thank you for your smiles and laughter! It always makes the day brighter!❤

  • @MichelleL22
    @MichelleL22 6 місяців тому +55

    Oh sweetie you are so funny!! It looks very yummy!! A tip or two , hand mixers are powerful little jerks sometimes! If you kinda mash the butter into the sugar to wet the sugar it won’t go flying. (Been there done that flying sugar and flour so many times!)And if you cut the cake into layers while laying flat and using the knife flat and go across it’s less stressful. You did a great job! Just a couple tips from an old baker to make it easier and less stressful for you!!

    • @SageLilleyman
      @SageLilleyman  6 місяців тому +12

      Amazing tips, thank you so much! xx

    • @chloebelle4923
      @chloebelle4923 6 місяців тому +13

      @@SageLilleyman Since you love vintage things, you can also find deeper mixing bowls at many vintage shops. They are almost always milk glass and originally came with stand mixers. So, when you use those, there is less spatter.

    • @raraavis7782
      @raraavis7782 6 місяців тому +5

      That brings up so many childhood memories. You know, back when most people didn't have kitchen machines at home.
      I might have caused a bit of a mess using a handmixer myself, way back when!

    • @kateespencer764
      @kateespencer764 5 місяців тому +2

      Sage you did amazing!! For someone who doesn’t like to bake your end result could fool anyone!! I Agree with all these tips. Also always wait until your cake is cooled before frosting. Especially with a whipped cream base frosting. I know it’s so hard to be patient when something looks so dang good 🤤 patience is a virtue when baking 😊

  • @queenoffuntravel7709
    @queenoffuntravel7709 6 місяців тому +6

    I love that you always show the reality of making the cake 😂

  • @doribala4964
    @doribala4964 6 місяців тому +8

    It really looks amazing!!!
    Love that your videos are so realistic! I could imagine how past generations of cake baking wives had similar problems. So adorable 🥰

  • @Jess-hg1vs
    @Jess-hg1vs 6 місяців тому +15

    You can use a veggie peeler to get chocolate curls from a block of chocolate. Looks delicious!

  • @kvcooks814
    @kvcooks814 6 місяців тому +23

    Merry Christmas, darling Sage! Best New Year wishes to you and James in 2024- you have so many wonderful things ahead!

  • @doll657
    @doll657 6 місяців тому +13

    Fab job Sage! Great video as always. Unsolicited advice incoming …. just a tip I recently discovered to cut cakes into layers- use an unflavoured dental floss and hold it taught, it can slide through the cake quite easily and enable the layers to be sliced relatively stress free! Merry Christmas to you and James, you are just gorgeous 🎄❤️

    • @SageLilleyman
      @SageLilleyman  6 місяців тому

      What a great idea, thank you!! Xx

  • @cherished_girl_7
    @cherished_girl_7 6 місяців тому +14

    Thank you for sharing! The cake looks fabulous! Merry Christmas, Sage!❤💚🎄

  • @gopugmama4408
    @gopugmama4408 6 місяців тому +11

    I know my comment is late, but your cake looks wonderfully delicious! If you are ever worried about pouring hot liquid into an egg mixture, you can always temper it so the eggs don't scramble. But, you did a great job without having to do that. I love dining through the decades, it's so much fun. I grew up in the early 60s, but I remember my grandmother making a lot of dishes from the 40s and 50s. Some of them were quite yummy! So happy you are back, darling! You are very much loved by this community!❤ Merry Christmas, Sage!🌲

  • @lruss5050
    @lruss5050 6 місяців тому +9

    I’m super impressed that you got the three layers! I couldn’t have done it! I haven’t had Black Forest cake for decades. It looks delicious!❤🇨🇦🎄

  • @apace903
    @apace903 6 місяців тому +7

    1tip, allow butter to soften to room temperature. Since you are using a hand mixer, push your sugar into the butter. Mix on low untin they ate more blended. It looks wonderful and yummy. Live your videos. Happy Holidays!

  • @anna-maria1412
    @anna-maria1412 6 місяців тому +7

    As a German my mother made Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte (Black Forest Cake) alot, especially for birthdays, and it makes me all nostalgic. My mom did use alot of cherries from a glass (not maraschino) but then again didn't always make the sheets herself hahah. Everybody's cake is different, you did such a good job! ❤

  • @deenamcdaniel7461
    @deenamcdaniel7461 6 місяців тому +13

    That cake looks wonderful and cherries takes it over the top!! Happy Holiday! 😊

  • @realong2506
    @realong2506 6 місяців тому +6

    Try drapping a tea towel over the top of your mixer and the bowl when you first start out mixing in the flour and see if that helps. The cake looked wonderful. Have a Happy Christmas!

  • @marijakorolijabenazic1126
    @marijakorolijabenazic1126 6 місяців тому +5

    Hello from Croatia! I usually beat sugar and butter in my kitchen sink...and it hapens to fly all over when my butter is not properly melted 🙂

  • @dreamingofvienna6330
    @dreamingofvienna6330 4 місяці тому +1

    It always makes me happy to see people cooking German dishes, baking German cakes etc. Greetings from Munich 🙂

  • @GenXLostInTx
    @GenXLostInTx 6 місяців тому +3

    If you like tea towels, (not the fuzzy kind) you can lay them over your mixer, not hanging low to get caught, but just hanging over the sides of the bowl so that stuff like the butter and flour or powdered sugar doesn’t fly out in all directions.

  • @mrscb5303
    @mrscb5303 6 місяців тому +5

    A serrated knife would help when cutting a cake. 🎂 Also cooling completely will make it all a tad easier too. Love watching you cook!! Happy Holidays 🧡🖤🧡

  • @mthespinner
    @mthespinner 6 місяців тому +5

    looks splendid! Also, you can drain a jar or two of cherries and fill them up with the left over brandy, cork them up, and let them sit for six months. So good! And, chocolate, hazelnuts, and coffee are an inspired combination! Have a Merry Christmas!!

  • @loris3292
    @loris3292 6 місяців тому +2

    An easy way to slice layers is to use some sewing thread as a knife. Possibly there are videos online to show how to do this. Hope that makes sense! Love Black Forest cake!

  • @janesmith1398
    @janesmith1398 6 місяців тому +6

    Looks fabulous, Sage. ❤

  • @NoleGal94
    @NoleGal94 6 місяців тому +5

    Yay!! I've been looking for a good black forest cake recipe!! Thank you for sharing!! ❤️🤎

  • @user-kh9vu3bt6s
    @user-kh9vu3bt6s 6 місяців тому +5

    So happy to see new Dining Through The Decades, I love seeing what you get up to. by the way this is one of my favorite cakes.

  • @marylivich6058
    @marylivich6058 6 місяців тому +4

    Your bloopers 😂 Cake looks really incredible! 😋

  • @raeannewood
    @raeannewood 6 місяців тому +2

    I love Black Forest cake, thanks sage

  • @minina3425
    @minina3425 6 місяців тому +2

    Sage, you’re too relatable. Especially when trying to frantically make room for the cake in your freezer. We’ve all been there. I just chuckled! That cake looks great. ❤❤

  • @chloegrant7332
    @chloegrant7332 6 місяців тому +6

    It looked amazing Sage! Can’t wait for more of this series! 🎄🎉

  • @deadbreakfast7714
    @deadbreakfast7714 6 місяців тому +3

    Looks so beautiful!!!!😍 great job 🎂
    Merry Christmas 🎄

  • @stephaniealaia769
    @stephaniealaia769 6 місяців тому +4

    Sage, you crack me up I love your personality! And welcome back! I was so excited to watching this as I am to all of your videos! The cake looks delicious 😋🤤 you should really get your own cookbook someday with oldies style recipes I would def love that! I hope you have a great week!

  • @hannahsayers652
    @hannahsayers652 6 місяців тому +2

    Oh wow, that turned out so pretty! I think it actually looks better than the one on the cover.
    Note: If you are making a chocolate cake, instead of using flour to dust the pan, use cocoa powder.
    Let cake cool to room temperature before cutting and frosting. It should be less messy and not tear as much if it's room temperature.
    I just always start out very slowly, and increase speed as needed.
    I heard a tip a while back: When you want to cream butters and sugars together, hand mix for a minute to incorporate the sugars first, that way you don't end up with a dusty kitchen.

  • @amityjoy3732
    @amityjoy3732 6 місяців тому +4

    Very Excited! We have missed you

  • @lorisiedl8733
    @lorisiedl8733 6 місяців тому +2

    It turned out really good Sage little hint when you're doing your creaming your sugar and butter just start your mixer on a lower speed and then eventually make it faster

  • @loiscarteaux9389
    @loiscarteaux9389 6 місяців тому +2

    Well done and thanks for being real❤

  • @lisabarrick4819
    @lisabarrick4819 6 місяців тому +1

    Good job on saving the cake. Honestly, the bloopers at the end we're great. Thanks for the laughs, Sage. Good for James helping you. Y'all are so cute together. Did y'all make the move to a new home yet? God bless y'all! 👑😇🙌🏻

  • @laurenarnold9101
    @laurenarnold9101 6 місяців тому +5

    That cake looks so good. Sage all the meal you make look amazing!!

  • @cbass2755
    @cbass2755 6 місяців тому +3

    Congratulations Nurse! Success with cake making and Nursing…❤

  • @katiebalman899
    @katiebalman899 6 місяців тому +2

    This is my favorite cake but ive never actually made one, you have inspired me to give it a go this week. Thank-you xx

  • @mollys1584
    @mollys1584 6 місяців тому +1

    You did a great job! I've been a baker my whole life and I've never attempted a cake like this!

  • @keithgarland3404
    @keithgarland3404 6 місяців тому +2

    I was smiling the whole way through, cake looked superb, you looked very elegant and stylish, James always there to help, you are a lovely couple.

  • @ruthfuller2105
    @ruthfuller2105 6 місяців тому +1

    A little tip, put a damp tea towel on your surface, with your mixing bowl on top. It stops the bowl from moving when whisking. 😊

  • @michelerush5836
    @michelerush5836 6 місяців тому +2

    It looks beautiful and delicious!!! You did a smashing job on it!!!! Cheers

  • @amymahoney3513
    @amymahoney3513 6 місяців тому +1

    ❤ Hello from York, South Carolina USA ,, LOVE 🎉 your channel

  • @kristawineburner5016
    @kristawineburner5016 6 місяців тому +2

    Yay! So happy to see your sweet smile, and silliness! That pic looks soo good!

  • @psychaddict17
    @psychaddict17 6 місяців тому +3

    When you poured the cherry liquor into the spoon it reminded me of the medicine in Mary Poppins 😂

  • @user-lx2gk6vp3h
    @user-lx2gk6vp3h 6 місяців тому +2

    Oh Sage!so anxsious seeing your new video!Im sooo happy seeing your dreamy stories again!please harry up!

  • @amycrowe8243
    @amycrowe8243 6 місяців тому +1

    Great job, Sage! I've never had it with white cream before, only chocolate mousse. Either way, it looks delicious. You always inspire me to spend more time in the kitchen and try new recipes. I love the concept 'dining through the decades' as I love learning more about bygone eras.

  • @marep5597
    @marep5597 6 місяців тому +1

    The cake looks delicious. I love that you try these recipes even though you aren’t an expert baker. You have a great attitude about it. I think I’d rather watch your baking videos more than just about anything else on UA-cam.

  • @judithgrace8359
    @judithgrace8359 6 місяців тому +1

    I have that same Mason and Cash bowl. It’s very useful.

  • @southernbellekari
    @southernbellekari 6 місяців тому +1

    You did such a beautiful job Sage !!! I always love watching your videos. I know we strive for perfection, but remember even if something is slightly flawed give yourself grace & know it's going to be delicious regardless ! Merry Christmas Lovely 🌲💝

  • @annettevanderklippe1653
    @annettevanderklippe1653 6 місяців тому +2

    Really enjoyed this video! You're a brave baker in my opinion - the cake looks wonderful!

  • @joelover33
    @joelover33 6 місяців тому +1

    It turned out so well, Sage!! So lovely and rich. Great job! Thanks for sharing.

  • @janeburkhart4051
    @janeburkhart4051 6 місяців тому +4

    That looks amazing, Sage! Well done! Merry Christmas to you and James! ❤🎄

  • @lizlittle1641
    @lizlittle1641 6 місяців тому +2

    It looks delicious.

  • @Tanya_Offscript
    @Tanya_Offscript 6 місяців тому +10

    Oh my goodness, watching you put the cake on its edge to slice it had me so nervous! It's easier to use a long thin knife with the cake resting on its bottom. Also, make sure the cake is completely cool to the touch before decorating to prevent melting. It gets easier with practice! You can do it!

  • @melissashiels7838
    @melissashiels7838 6 місяців тому +2

    I haven't been able to watch Great British Bake-off in over a year now, so this delighted me to no end. Merry Christmas Sage and James!

  • @franceskloos1297
    @franceskloos1297 6 місяців тому +3

    The cake looks amazing, I have never made a Black Forest cake but I am going to try now, I just love your videos!! Happy Holidays❤️🎄🎄🎄

  • @milescarrott
    @milescarrott 6 місяців тому +1

    I get this cozy feeling watching and I’ve always loved your videos! So happy you are back 🥰🥰

  • @lex6819
    @lex6819 6 місяців тому

    My high school German teacher loved to bake and she made us a black forest cake once, it was sooooo good!

  • @kaitlinchristman6208
    @kaitlinchristman6208 5 місяців тому

    I love watching your cooking videos. They are fun and you are entertaining but I also appreciate that they are realistic and that things don’t always go according to plan because that’s what happens to me when I try recipes. Thanks for your lovely videos, Sage!

  • @PaigeSzupello
    @PaigeSzupello 6 місяців тому +2

    That was amazing!

  • @PaigeSzupello
    @PaigeSzupello 6 місяців тому +1

    The intro!!! I’m so excited!!!!

  • @doedarling1215
    @doedarling1215 6 місяців тому +1

    My favorite cake! In fact I made a version recently for my 37th birthday this 15th of December!!!!!! 🍰🍰🍰

  • @joerichards1253
    @joerichards1253 6 місяців тому +1

    That looks absolutely delicious and I would love to make the cake. Have a very Merry Christmas Sage and James

  • @Trekkifulshay
    @Trekkifulshay 6 місяців тому

    I haven't had black forest cake in so long. Now I want to make one.

  • @Dan-yw9sg
    @Dan-yw9sg 6 місяців тому +1

    Wow little Lady! I’m impressed that you tried to make that cake! It’s not the easiest to make but well worth the effort and I think that yours turned out beautiful!
    Merry Christmas to you and James!

  • @giuliasanroman2525
    @giuliasanroman2525 6 місяців тому +1

    The cake looks so cute! And it seems to be delicious, too. Wish I could get a piece of it!
    Also... risky move to put the cake standing to cut the layers! I wouldn't have the guts to do so 😂
    Great job, Sage!

  • @MsTg005
    @MsTg005 4 місяці тому

    This is my favorite cake for my birthday. Since I was 10... I adore it!

  • @user-yw6hy5eg4k
    @user-yw6hy5eg4k 6 місяців тому

    Black Forest cake was one of my favorite cakes

  • @lilym2432
    @lilym2432 6 місяців тому

    1969, the year I was born. The cake looks so pretty and delicious ❤

  • @prueba9348
    @prueba9348 6 місяців тому +1

    Could you possibly do a video about your vintage cookbook collection? Great video BTW

  • @gemmamiller8896
    @gemmamiller8896 6 місяців тому +1

    Wow! Black Forest cake isn’t something I’d even consider trying to make, just reading the recipe would frighten me! It looked fantastic well done Sage , and I hope you and James have a wonderful Christmas time and a very very happy new year. Xxx

  • @Shaun789
    @Shaun789 6 місяців тому +2

    Looking forward to this!

  • @krism.9363
    @krism.9363 6 місяців тому +3

    The cake looks so good! 😋

  • @EmilyGOODEN0UGH
    @EmilyGOODEN0UGH 6 місяців тому +1

    Cream the butter on slow, then add the sugar in three or so parts, each time mushing it in with the beater off and then starting the beater slow and held straight vertically. Mixer movement is from the shoulder not the wrist. :D
    Make chocolate curls with veritable peeler on the edge of an almost melted block of chocolate.
    You could have made the cherry filling go further with more kirsch and cornstarch.
    But.... yum, I want some.

  • @allabakareva48
    @allabakareva48 6 місяців тому +3

    Looks delicious!!!!!

  • @colleenrice223
    @colleenrice223 6 місяців тому +1

    I made a Black Forest cake once when my husband and I were dating. It was so fiddly. Lol. Yours looks lovely!

  • @michelealoia1320
    @michelealoia1320 6 місяців тому +2

    It's beautiful you did a great job!!

  • @marijanina
    @marijanina 6 місяців тому

    11:52 made me laugh so hard omg
    this is exactly what happens when i try new baking recipes too - it seems like it's going to be a disaster then somehow turns out beautifully lol

  • @rosaliewolf1282
    @rosaliewolf1282 6 місяців тому +1

    Have missed watching you!

  • @smeenasiddiqui7464
    @smeenasiddiqui7464 6 місяців тому

    It's a hot favorite on a cold day in my home. So yummy & delicious. Best in 2023.

  • @Alemarie2023
    @Alemarie2023 6 місяців тому +1

    I definitely need to try this

  • @sunshinebaby92
    @sunshinebaby92 6 місяців тому +1

    You are so sillly Sage , i just love you to pieces ..
    You always make my day ❤

  • @margaretquinn5335
    @margaretquinn5335 6 місяців тому +1

    Very enjoyable video. Thank you

  • @heelerridgefarm2366
    @heelerridgefarm2366 6 місяців тому

    The cake looks great! You made me laugh because I have done similar things myself! I tend to jump in without prepping first.

  • @kenziedayne4234
    @kenziedayne4234 6 місяців тому

    Been there done that. Cake has to be 100% cooled before putting icing or whipped cream. Yours turned out surprisingly well. Your quick thinking of popping it in the freezer saved the day.

  • @breezelady
    @breezelady 6 місяців тому

    The end result is so pretty! Bravo!

  • @dianestrouse3418
    @dianestrouse3418 6 місяців тому

    I love the cake. It looked like so many directions. But you got it figured out. ❤🎄🎅

  • @MissusRyan
    @MissusRyan 6 місяців тому +1

    It looks lovely! 😋

  • @joypowers563
    @joypowers563 6 місяців тому

    Seasoned baker
    You’ve gotten a couple of good hints.
    Definitely make sure the butter is a bit warmer than room temp. You can do this by a few seconds in the microwave or place in an airtight container and warm in the sink filled with warm water.
    Mash the warmed butter into the sugar and really cream them well before adding sugar.
    You can substitute pecans or walnuts for allergies.
    When baking- measuring is precise. So use your measuring spoons and cups exactly.
    Putting the cake in the freezer for 30 minutes or so will help cutting it so much easier.
    Also, “ flick” the shaved chocolate onto the sides ( think of flicking flour onto a cake pan). Great job!

  • @cbass2755
    @cbass2755 6 місяців тому +1

    I love cakes like this. I’ve put James between cakes…delicious The cakes today seem so dry to me

  • @Luna_sol_Atella
    @Luna_sol_Atella 6 місяців тому

    You can easy cut cakes in half with a Sewing thread 🙂. great episode. have a great day

  • @ccy8536
    @ccy8536 6 місяців тому

    Lovely to have you back Sage

  • @user-ym9be8ri8y
    @user-ym9be8ri8y 6 місяців тому

    Omgosh I just love you, You are so real!!! You made me smile today, and it was just what I needed. Thank you Sage. Keep being you darling.: )

  • @ameliasparkles13
    @ameliasparkles13 6 місяців тому

    Great job! Looks yummy. Love the overhead camera angles you added. Excellent comeback 💖

  • @sara-janefrancis7975
    @sara-janefrancis7975 6 місяців тому

    I loved this ❤

  • @Tessickah
    @Tessickah 6 місяців тому

    I made this all thru my childhood, but we used canned cherry filling, easier, and we baked the cake in 3 separate cake pans, WAAAY easier. Hard to not have it come out dryish, but cherry liquor helps as does getting it out of the oven JUST at the right time. One amazing tasting cake!! 🤤