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    Black Belgian waffles - Black Forest style

    18 August 2021 by toondebacker 2 Comments

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    Black Belgian waffles - Black Forest style
    Black Belgian waffles - Black Forest style

    You may have noticed already that we are working on a series of surprising.waffles for surprising.recipes. So I wanted to make black Belgian waffles with cocoa. Delicious, but still a bit traditional. But in combination with the ingredients for a Black Forest cherry cake they make up for something really interesting: black Belgian waffles - Black Forest style.

    Black Belgian waffles - Black Forest style

    Black Belgian waffles, Black Forest style

    These black Belgian waffles - Black Forest style are the best of two traditional recipes: Belgian waffles and Black Forest cherry cake.
    5 from 7 votes
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    Prep Time 20 mins
    Cook Time 15 mins
    Total Time 35 mins
    Course afternoon tea, Breakfast, brunch, lunch
    Cuisine Belgian, German
    Servings 6 waffles
    Calories 429 kcal

    Ingredients
     
     

    • 200 gram whole wheat flour
    • 50 gram cocoa powder
    • 50 gram dark sugar
    • 100 gram dark chocolate
    • 2 eggs
    • 250 ml milk
    • 50 ml Kirsch distilled cherry water
    • 75 gram butter
    • 100 gram cherries
    • whipped cream

    Instructions
     

    • Heat the milk and melt the butter and chocolate in it. Also add the brown sugar and yeast.
    • Mix the flour with the cocoa powder.
    • Add the egg yolk to the flour mixture. Put the egg white aside for whipping.
    • Mix the liquid into the flour mixture with the egg yolk.
    • Then add the Kirsch water to the dough.
    • Beat the egg white and finally fold it under the dough.
    • Let the dough rest for a while and meanwhile cut the cherries in half. Also remove the pits.
    • Bake the waffles in your waffle iron for 4 to 6 minutes. This depends a bit from waffle iron to waffle iron.
    • Let the waffles cool down a bit. Then finish them with whipped cream and halved cherries.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1waffleCalories: 429kcalCarbohydrates: 49gProtein: 11gFat: 22gSaturated Fat: 13gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 86mgSodium: 136mgPotassium: 494mgFiber: 9gSugar: 17gVitamin A: 479IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 102mgIron: 5mg
    Keyword Belgian, Black Forest, cherries, cocoa, waffles
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    About black Belgian waffles - Black Forest style

    What would you like to eat? Belgian waffles or a Black Forest cherry cake? Why choose when you can have them both in one recipe? Black Belgian waffles - Black Forest style combine the best of both worlds: Belgian waffles with the classic ingredients for a Black Forest cherry cake: cocoa, chocolate, cherries and Kirsch, the famous cherry water from the Black Forest. And above all, they are so easy to make! Much easier than making a cake!

    Tips and variations for Belgian black waffles

    Chocolate is so important. But there is chocolate and chocolate! Of course you should use dark Belgian chocolate if you have it available. This chocolate should contain at least 75% cocoa for an optimal result. Otherwise the chocolate is too sweet and we want to have the bitterness of it as a counterweight to the other sweet flavors.

    The sugar provides us with enough sweet flavors already. To stay into the dark, I use brown sugar. In my opinion it also tastes better than refined sugar. But if you donโ€™t have it at home, or you prefer to use white sugar, feel free to do so. It does not affect the basics of the recipe.

    I used whole wheat flour because I had it on hand. It contains more fiber and is healthier. As a result, the waffles do not stand out and are a bit heavier. White flour or self-rising flour are of course also alternative options. In the latter case (self-raising flour) you should of course no longer use yeast. If you don't have yeast at home, you can replace it with baking powder. The packaging normally indicates how much you need for a certain amount of flour.

    Cherry variations

    As you can see in the pictures, I only used a few cherries for finishing. Next time I will sprinkle them with cherry water for additional flavor (and alcohol). And in the next version, I will first top the waffles with lots of halved cherries. And I will add the cream and some chocolate chips as a last step. This balances even much better with the sweetness of the waffles.

    What I didnโ€™t do yet, but is also on my โ€œto-tryโ€ list: mixing the cherries with the dough. I think you get even a better bitter-sweet contrast in the waffles themselves! I guess this cannot be wrong!

    About Black Forest cherry cake

    The โ€œSchwarzwรคlder Kirschtorteโ€œ, or Black Forest cherry cake, is probably the most famous German pie. More or less on the same level as the โ€œWiener Sachertorteโ€ for Austria and Vienna. As for the cherries, the relationship is quite clear. Just about every component of the cake is flavored with Kirsch: the biscuit, the whipped cream and then of course there are the cherries themselves.

    Kirsch (cherry water) is a clear colorless brandy made in the Black Forest. It is a double destination of sour cherries, including their stones. Normally it contains about 40% alcohol. It is famous for its usage in the Black Forest cherry cake. But apart from that, it is also used often in a German or a Swiss cheese fondue.

    As with many old recipes, it is difficult to trace back in detail where and when they originated. The well-known version of the Black Forest cherry cake probably originated in 1930 in Tรผbingen, a mall town on the edge of the Black Forest. Today, this city rather belongs to the Baden region. The precursor to this cake is said to be a dessert with candied cherries and whipped cream, flavored with kirsch. It is only from the 1950s that this cake has started to gain a lot of popularity, in Germany and in the world.

    Of course, I highly recommend to make this black Belgian waffles - Black Forest cake style. But if you want to make the cake by yourself, you can find some good recipes here:

    • Black Forest Gateau (Wikipedia)
    • The authentic German recipe for Black Forest cake (platedcravings.com)
    • Black Forest cake recipe, German chocolate cake (natashaskitchen.com)
    • No bake Black Forest cherry pie (luckyleaf.com)

    More surprising.waffles

    As mentioned in the introduction, we have a series of surprising.waffle recipes on surprising.recipes. Feel inspired by the following ideas:

    • Belgian red tandoori waffles
    • Savory potato waffles with figs and plum compote
    • Belgian blue cheese bacon waffles
    • Curry mini-waffles
    • Rabbit in cherry beer on potato waffles

    If you speak Dutch, you can find the Dutch version of this recipe on gerechtenweb.blog.

    Black Belgian waffles - Black Forest style
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    Belgian black waffles - Black Forest style

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    1. Alex

      August 19, 2021 at 11:44 pm

      Nice variation of the Black Forest Cake ๐Ÿ™‚

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      • toondebacker

        August 20, 2021 at 8:44 am

        5 stars
        Thank you! People love it ๐Ÿ™‚

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