Kris has the most awesome ideas for food and I love to bake so this dessert was an easy one for both of us.
Coming from a German background Kris’s Oma made thee best Black Forrest Cake – wanting to recreate a little bit of this delicious and memorable taste was how the idea of a deconstructed Black Forrest Cake came to be!
What do you need to create this tasty and easy dessert?
- Chocolate Cups – Bulk Barn
- Cherries with stems – Bulk Barn
- Chocolate melting dots – Bulk Barn **I dipped the cherries in chocolate which is why I used cherries with stems. This is optional and therefore if you don’t want the cherries dipped in chocolate you can use cherries without stems and eliminate melting dots from your list of things needed**
- Brownies – Using this recipe from All Recipes (or course). I made some from scratch
- Whipping Cream – We used our ISI but use whatever works for you.
- Kirsch and/or cherry juice from cherries.
Prepare brownie recipe and allow them to cool
If you are dipping cherries in chocolate, use a double boiler to melt chocolate and dip cherries. Have them cool in the fridge enough for chocolate to harden **Ensure you are constantly stirring chocolate to get a smooth finish on the dipped cherry.**
Cut brownies in small enough pieces to fit into the chocolate cups, filling up half the cup.
Pour a little Kirsch or cherry juice over the brownie in the chocolate cup. **Don’t have Kirsch? Mix a little brandy or rum with the cherry juice and use a medicine syringe to put a little over the brownie.**
Put whipping cream over the brownie.
Add the cherry on top and they are ready to serve.
Hopefully these are as much of a hit as they were for us at Christmas!