Name: Black Forest Gateau
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Vanilla vodka; 20 ml Blk raspberry liqueur; 15 ml Dark crème de cacao; 7.5 ml Kirschwasser; 7.5 ml Crème de cassis; 15 ml Cream

Black Forest Gateau
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Serve in a Martini glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Absolut Vanilia Vodka
²⁄₃ oz	Black raspberry liqueur (e.g. Chambord)
¹⁄₂ oz	Dark crème de cacao liqueur
¹⁄₄ oz	Kirschwasser (cherry) eau-de-vie
¹⁄₄ oz	Joseph Cartron Double Crème de Cassis de Bourgogne
¹⁄₂ oz	Single cream/half-and-half

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Martini glass.
Prepare garnish of cacao powder.
STIR first 5 ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.
Carefully FLOAT cream. (Lightly whip or shake sealed container before pouring cream to aerate.)
Garnish with a dusting of cacao powder over the cocktail.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Single cream/half-and-half - Dairy

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Cocktail of the day:

28th March 2025 is Black Forest Gâteau Day

Review:

Dessert by name and dessert by nature: naughty but nice.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2002 at Hush Restaurant in London, England. Hush's recipe lacked three of the essentials in a Black Forest Gâteau: kirsch, cherries and chocolate. Hence, on 28th March 2022, I created the recipe above. Hush's original Black Forest Gâteau recipe:
60ml (2oz) Vodka
22.5ml (¾oz) Chambord liqueur
22.5ml (¾oz) Crème de fraise
7.5ml (¼ oz) Crème de cassis
22.5 (¾oz) Cream

Nutrition:

One serving of Black Forest Gateau contains 280 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
19.25% alc./vol. (19.25° proof)
21.2 grams of pure alcohol

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I D

29th March at 20:12

I ran out of creme de cacao so used 50% extra volume of Mozart (milk chocolate) - very convincing BFG taste.

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Cameron Carter

28th March 2023 at 21:32

I had no vanilla-flavored vodka, so added a few drops of Bob's Vanilla Bitters, also substituting clear for dark creme de cacao. I finally got a cream float to work! Very tasty dessert-style cocktail. Well done recipe!

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Chris Brislawn

28th March 2023 at 03:27

This was an exercise in substitutions. No vanilla vodka so added 1/4 tsp Mexican vanilla extract. No Chambord so muddled 4 raspberries instead. Only have white creme de cacao. Simon is right: needs more cherry so added 1/2 tsp Luxardo cherry syrup and a Luxardo-on-a-cocktail-sword garnish. Added a dash of Angostura cocoa bitters, just because. Used coupes. Everything else per Simon's recipe. Wife agrees it's pretty tasty. All we need now is a Schwarzwalder Kirschtorte to enjoy with it!

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