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Black Forest gâteau
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Black Forest gateau
English
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Alternative forms
en Black Forest gateau black forest gateau black forest gâteau
Etymology
Various theories have been proposed:
Named after the de Kirschwasser flavouring that originated in the en Black Forest region of southwestern Germany.
The black chocolate rasps topping resembles a black forest, like the Black Forest.
A potential predecessor of this cake named de Schwarzwaldtorte could have been originated in Switzerland and not in the Black Forest region.
Inspired by the traditional costume of the women of the Black Forest region, with a characteristic hat with big, red pom-poms on top, called de Bollenhut.
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Black Forest gâteau.wav Southern England
Noun
Black Forest gâteau ~ Black Forest gâteaux s
A type of gâteau consisting of a rich chocolate sponge cake topped with cream and cherries.
en Black Forest<l:ellipsis> Black Forest cake
en chocolate cake
en Black Forest trifle
en
Translations
type of gâteau originating in the Black Forest region of Germany
Afrikaans: af swartwoudkoek
Arabic: ar كَعْكَة الْبْلَاك فُورِسْت f kaʕkat al-blak fōrist
Armenian: hy Շվարցվալդ տորթ
Bulgarian: bg торта Шварцвалд f
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 黑森林蛋糕 haak1 sam1 lam4 daan6 gou1, hak1 sam1 lam4 daan6 gou1
Mandarin: cmn 黑森林蛋糕 Hēi Sēnlín dàngāo
Czech: cs schwarzwaldský dort m
Danish: da Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte
Dutch: nl Zwarte Woudtaart m f, nl Schwarzwalder kersentaart m f
Esperanto: eo nigrarbara kuko
Finnish: fi schwartzwaldinkakku
French: fr forêt noire f
German: de Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte f
Alemannic German: gsw Schwarzwälder Kirschdort f
Hebrew: he עוּגַת הַיַעַר הָשָׁחֹר m ugát ha-yá'ar ha-Shakhór
Hungarian: hu Fekete-erdő torta
Indonesian: id kue Black Forest
Irish: ga císte na Foraoise Duibhe m
Italian: it torta della Foresta Nera f
Japanese: ja シュヴァルツヴェルダー・キルシュトルテ Shuvarutsuverudā Kirushutorute, ja ブラックフォレストケーキ, ja ブラック・フォレスト・ケーキ Burakku Foresuto kēki, ja ガトー・ド・フォレノワール gatō do Fore Nowāru
Korean: ko ^블랙 ^포리스트 케이크
Persian: fa کیک گیلاسی جنگل سیاه keyk gilâs-i jangal siyâh, fa کیک جنگل سیاه keyk jangal siyâh
Polish: pl tort szwarcwaldzki m
Portuguese: pt bolo floresta negra m, pt floresta negra m
Russian: ru шва́рцвальдский вишнёвый торт m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Шварцвалдска то̑рта f
Latin: sh Schwarzwaldska tȏrta f
Spanish: es tarta Selva Negra f, es torta Selva Negra f, es pastel Selva Negra m
Swedish: sv schwarzwaldtårta c
Turkish: tr Karaorman Pastası
en terms derived from toponyms
en Desserts Chocolate