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Zuger Kirschtorte (en: cherry torte from Zug) is a
Pastry chef Heinrich Höhn invented the cake 1921 in the city Zug. It won gold medals in pastry exhibitions in Lucerne in 1923 and 1928 and in London in 1930.
In peak times Heinrich Höhn and his successor Jacques Treichler manufactured up to 100,000 of these cakes per year. The Conditorei Treichler has continued manufacturing and shipping the cakes up to the present day. The name is, however, not protected, so variations of the cake are also manufactured by other pastry shops in the region.
Website with original recipe ''Zuger Kirschtorte'' in the databank of culinary heritage of Switzerland
layer cake
A layer cake (US English) or sandwich cake (UK English) is a cake consisting of multiple stacked sheets of cake, held together by frosting or another type of filling, such as jam or other preserves. Most cake recipes can be adapted for lay ...
from Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
that consists of layers of nut-meringue
Meringue (, ; ) is a type of dessert or candy, often associated with Swiss, French, Polish and Italian cuisines, traditionally made from whipped egg whites and sugar, and occasionally an acidic ingredient such as lemon, vinegar, or cream o ...
, sponge cake and butter cream
Buttercream, also referred to as butter icing or frosting, is used for either filling, coating or decorating cakes. The main ingredients are butter and some type of sugar.
Buttercream is commonly flavored with vanilla. Other common flavors a ...
, and is flavoured with the cherry brandy kirschwasser.
History
Pastry chef Heinrich Höhn invented the cake 1921 in the city Zug. It won gold medals in pastry exhibitions in Lucerne in 1923 and 1928 and in London in 1930.
In peak times Heinrich Höhn and his successor Jacques Treichler manufactured up to 100,000 of these cakes per year. The Conditorei Treichler has continued manufacturing and shipping the cakes up to the present day. The name is, however, not protected, so variations of the cake are also manufactured by other pastry shops in the region.
Preparation
Firstly the chef creates two thin rounds of Japonaise meringue containing ground almonds and hazelnuts, baked to a light brown colour, and one layer of sponge-cake. For the filling butter cream is prepared, flavoured with kirschwasser and sometimes tinted pink with food colouring (originally beetroot juice). To build the layer cake the buttercream is spread on one round of meringue, which is then covered with the sponge-cake. The sponge is then soaked with a mixture of sugar syrup and kirschwasser. Then follows another layer of butter cream topped with the other meringue layer, and finally the whole cake is covered with butter cream, the sides decorated with roasted sliced almonds, and the top given a light dusting of icing sugar.See also
*Black Forest cake
Black Forest gâteau or Black Forest cake (American English) is a chocolate sponge cake with a rich cherry filling based on the German dessert (), literally "Black Forest Cherry-torte".
Typically, Black Forest gateau consists of several layer ...
* Cuisine of Switzerland
External links
Website with original recipe
Sources
* Article in the German Wikipedia {{Cuisine of Switzerland Cakes Swiss cuisine Foods with alcoholic drinks