Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte — Black Forest cake in English — is a German layer cake built from chocolate sponge, whipped cream, and sour cherries, soaked generously with Kirschwasser, the clear cherry brandy distilled in the Black Forest region of southwestern Germany. It is finished with more whipped cream, more cherries, and a coating of chocolate shavings […]

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Mille-feuille is a French pastry built from three sheets of puff pastry, sandwiched with pastry cream and finished with a top layer of white fondant striped with chocolate — that signature feathered pattern as much a part of its identity as the filling inside. The name means “a thousand leaves,” a nod to the many […]

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