Black Forest Cake

John: "I love precision!" Me: I love an American normalizing the use of kitchen scales and measurements in grams!!

I am a huge fan of Black Forest cakes in fact I have it every birthday. I thought I wouldn't have had it this year , but now I can ask my parents to make it for me . Thank you so much John

I'm from Germany and just made a blackforest cake Schwarzwälderkirschtorte last weekend! We make it only a little different: cakes here are rather the 8inch 2 layer version and actually we bake one cake and cut it in2 or 3 layers. I didnt use fresh cherrys because you only have them a very short time in the year, we use sour cherrys in a glass and bring it to a boil with the juice and the starch, the kirsch comes in after the boiling. (And you can keep a little bit juice from the cherrys instead of water for the syrup.) And you said, the whipped cream will not be stable without the whole cherrys: in Germany we use a powder to stabalize cream, its made of one part powdered sugar and one part starch to put in to the cream before whipping (1 teaspoon per 200g cream). This way my cake was firm even 2 days later.

Baked this day before yesterday for my mom's 1st birthday in Heaven (31st July). She was a baker and her grandchildren looked forward to every birthdays with her cake. This year I had to bake without her supervision (I am not into baking). This cake comes out really good and my niece and nephews devoured it! God bless you all.

Made this for my daughter...TONS of compliments!! Harder to make than it looks, but soooo worth the effort! One of the best tasting cakes I’ve ever had. Thanks John!

I don't think I've ever seen a part in John's videos where he wasn't smiling.

I started to watch this channel. Really a delight with precise techniques and see John enjoying himself in his baking. Really nice.

This is the blackforest cake I must bake and show my people and let them eat it. Thank you, John.

I'm from Germany and this is so funny because this cake is really traditional here and my grandma makes it REALLY differently 😂😂 But I'm sure this version is really good too! Greetings from Germany :)

I just love how you have alternatives for anything that can go wrong, it helps a lot!!

I love the combination of chocolate and cherries. Black forest cake is one of my favorites. Scrumptious!

watching him be so smiley makes me wanna be this happy all the time

My favorite cake!!!! I love John’s smile. Makes me smile too.

John... you were the reason I started baking! Your recipes and videos inspire me to start baking more!❤️

those are literally the biggest cherries i've ever seen! and one of the most delicious cakes!

He is adorable!!!He is a no nonesense teacher. You’re the best.

Just when I'm trying to lose a little weight! Don't worry John, I would never dessert you.

Tried a lot of your recipes already, John, and every one loves them! Thank you! Churros recipe next, please! 😍

John's THE go to guy for fantastic baking. So informative.

I taught Culinary Arts at the Governor's Academy for German, and am SO SO SO SO SO glad to see you using Kirsch. I can't imagine the whipped cream without it (and I say this as a lifelong non-drinker).