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Black Forest cake

type of chocolate cake, traditionally made with "kirschwasser", a brandy made from double distillation of morello cherries
Class type of: chocolate cake, torte, sponge cake Q19028

Facts

6 properties
Subclass of
chocolate cake, torte, sponge cake[6][7][8]
Country of origin
Germany[9]
Made from material
cherry, whipped cream, chocolate cake, kirsch[2][3][4][5]
Named after
Black Forest[1]
Native label
Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte[12]
Start time
1930, 1927[10][11]
🏷️ Also known as
en Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte en Black Forest gâteau en Black Forest cake en Black forest gateau en Schwarzwälderkirschtorte ar كعكة البلاك فورست ar كعكة الغابة السوداء cs schwarzwaldský dort de SchwaWäKiTo de Schwarzwäldertorte de Schwarzwälderkirschtorte es Schwarzwäldertorte es Schwarzwälderkirschtorte es Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte es Selva negra es Torta de la Selva Negra es Torta Selva Negra fa كيك جنگل سياه fa کیک جنگل سیاه fi Schwarzwaldin kakku
🔖 Identifiers · 8
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Black Forest gateau.jpg ↗
BBC Things ID
d6e8555d-896b-480c-93fa-cc2c886e43e0
Freebase ID
/m/05bx6n
KBpedia ID
BlackForestCake
Marmiton ID
foret-noire
TasteAtlas ID
schwarzwalder-kirschtorte
Vikidia article ID
en:Black_Forest_cake
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Food", "BlackForestCake::js842"]

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🔗 Connections
Made from material 4
cherry, whipped cream, chocolate cake, kirsch
Subclass of 3
torte, chocolate cake, sponge cake
Country of origin 1
Germany
Named after 1
Black Forest
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  1. 19d ago · BoneheadElsewhere · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'als', 'ar', 'az', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'eu', '
    Sitelink count → 42
    Start time → +1930-00-00T00:00:00Z, +1927-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Start time: 1927"
  2. 21w ago · הנדב הנכון · 2026-06-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → Black Forest
    Subclass of → —
    Native label → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte'}
    Aliases → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Native label: Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte"
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